As electric cars move towards the smart grid, there&'s been a lot of worry about the cars overstraining the grid. But at least for now, GM and PG&'...
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A giant parabolic trough at Solar Millennium&39's pioneer project Andasol 1 in Europe, which has been grid-connected since December 2008.
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How the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf fared in their crash tests.
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said today that the C...
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The U.S. wind power industry had its slowest quarter since 2007 in the just-ended third quarter, as investors turned away from the sector after C...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--When it comes to harvesting energy from oceans and rivers, the "sink or swim" approach doesn't really work.
Getting wave and tida...
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A Microsoft-sponsored analysis released today reaffirms what many tech companies have long been saying: computing is more efficient when it's concen...
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Heliostats track and focus sunlight directly onto BrightSource&39's Luz Power Tower solar boiler, which contains a steam turbine to generate electr...
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The Leaf may be the first full-scale, all-electric production carあfrom a major automaker to be sold in the U.S., butあNissan hasna4ぎa4д exactly bee...
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WALTHAM, Mass.--Even as much of the tech world fixates on running out of Internet addresses, Deborah Magid from IBM's venture capital group predicts...
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A solar-powered mobile phone base station in Rajasthan, India.
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The high-powered schmoozing at the World Economic F...
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Transphorm came out of stealth today with the high-profile backing of Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, and power-conversion technology it says can...
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There's significant interest in all-electric vehicles among
car buyers, but automakers have a few obstacles to navigate in order to satisfy consumer...
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Japanese electronics giant and battery manufacturer Panasonic has invested $30 million in Tesla Motors, the U.S. automaker best-known for its all-ele...
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Cleantech companies just can&'t seem to get it right.At least, that&'s the notion Peter Thiel a4ぎa4 a co-founder of PayPal and president of Clarium ...
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Despite a heavy marketing campaign and major public outreach, for some reason people still seem to think that the Chevrolet Volt is just an expensiv...
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With the increasing number of tech gadgets we carry around, even on hiking trips, having a reliable power source is a serious...
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Contemporary high-speed rail seems to have gotten the nod as a plan worthy of pursuit from the makers of the long-awaited film version of "Atlas Shru...
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SAN FRANCISCO--California unveiled its final draft of a market system to curb greenhouse gases, relaxing expected rules in the face of a weak econo...
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Nissan&39's NV200 minivan will be the next NYC Taxi, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday.
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