Featured: Wind Energy
Going with the Flow: Hydrokinetic Power Developers Face Technical and Regulatory Hurtles in Bid to Tap Tides
The quest to turn the motion of the world’s waterways into a significant...
Breaking the Climate Debate Logjam
There is a growing possibility that the U.S. will pass no climate change legislation...
Smokestash Industry: ARPA-E Seeks Breakthroughs in Carbon Capture Technology
WASHINGTON–Every second, our bodies capture carbon dioxide in our tissues,...
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Aurora Biofuels Bags $15M Series C for Algae Tech
Algae into fuels: It might be one of the great green hopes for weaning ourselves...
Verenium: Still Waiting on DOE Loan Guarantee, BP Deal Ends in 3 Weeks
It’s tough being a company trying to develop the next-generation of cellulosic...
Biodiesel Back in the Tax Credit Game
The U.S. Senate voted 62 to 36 Wednesday to pass a tax extension bill (H.R. 4213)...
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Earth2Tech Week in Review
Hacking the Car: Cyber Security Risks Hit the Road: Imagine seeing the damage caused by Internet viruses and worms unleashed on a fleet of vehicles. The results could include vehicle location data used with malicious intent, the prevention of a plug-in vehicle battery from recharging, remote starting of a car, or even — as a disgruntled young former... [Read more of this review]
Solyndra’s Estimated Market Cap Up to $2B: Report
Solyndra’s revenue ramp up last year was pretty mind boggling — the thin film solar maker went from generating $6 million in revenues in 2008 to $100 million in revenues in 2009. What will that mean when it finally plans to IPO later this year? According to a report from Next Up! Research posted on the marketplace run by startup SharesPost,... [Read more of this review]
Get Ready for Trial and Error in the Electric Vehicle Network Buildout
The Energy Technologies Institute, a UK government-backed group whose members include oil and tech giants, utilities and charge-point makers, has announced the launch of several new research projects in order to figure out how best to design a vehicle-charging network. As part of ETI’s 11 million-pound (about $16.51 million) Electrification of... [Read more of this review]
Zenn Ends Vehicle Production, Lays Off Staff in EEStor Bet
Zenn Motor has come to the end of its life as an electric car maker. The Toronto-based company’s announcement late Thursday that it has ceased production of its Zenn LSV model and laid off 15 employees who supported sales, marketing and production of the vehicle, marks the final shift to focus its efforts and financial resources entirely on a... [Read more of this review]
New Water Bottles Entirely from Plants
While we are all aware that we should only be using BPA-free, reusable water bottles, at least now there are some new, earth-friendly alternatives to traditional plastic bottles. [Read more of this review] Read More →
Chinese Solar Power Panel Lights Up Investment
During the 2010 Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit in San Diego, a large crowd learned that Chinese companies have cash and interest in the US solar energy market, yet partnerships require patience and low risk. [Read more of this review] Read More →
Green Data Centers: Does Cisco Have a Plan?
Cisco is no stranger to the green IT scene. It has publicly announced its smart grid intentions and, for years, has touted the carbon-cutting benefits of its teleconferencing technologies. But when it comes to data centers, Cisco has been outgunned by its rivals. [Read more of this review] Read More →
It’s Come to This: Citizens Against Smart Meters
The backlash against the smart meters installed in Texas by utility Oncor doesn’t seem to be dying down. Actually the protesters are getting more organized and turning to social media. A group called Smart UR Citizens — whose members describe themselves as “a group of Texas citizens that are fighting the unrealistic utility charges... [Read more of this review]
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Chinese Solar Power Panel Lights Up Investment
During the 2010 Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit in San Diego, a large crowd learned that Chinese companies have cash and interest in the US solar energy market, yet partnerships require patience and low risk. [Read more of this review] Read More →
Sunshine is free, so can photovoltaics be cheap?
Here’s how to make a solar cell from silicon : take one solid block of doped silicon, saw it into thin wafers, layer said semiconductors beneath a panel of transparent glass, connect them to a metal electrode that can channel away the electrons knocked loose by incoming photons and turn it into a photovoltaic device. That process has at least... [Read more of this review]
Abound Solar Keeps It In-House
Mark Chen is the director of marketing at Abound Solar, a Colorado-based manufacturer of thin-film cadmium telluride solar modules. Cleantechies sat him on the hot seat for three questions: [Read more of this review] Read More →
Shift happens: Will artificial photosynthesis power the world?
One drinking- water bottle could provide enough energy for an entire household in the developing world if Dan Nocera has his way. A chemist from M.I.T. and founder of the company Sun Catalytix, Nocera has developed a cobalt-based catalyst that allows him to store energy the same way plants do: by splitting water. [More] Read More →
Chicago Solar Energy
Chicago’s New Distributed Solar Energy Pilot Project Creating a revolution in the way energy is produced and shared, distributed solar energy is one of the top clean energy topics of the day. Chicago utility company ComEd (an arm of the energy giant Exelon Corporation) has a new pilot project in this field that will outfit 100 Chicago-area homes with... [Read more of this review]
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