The U.S. government has been the saving grace for green technology, injecting much-needed cash into startups and established companies to expand their services. Now Panasonic is giving the government a run for its money with an ...READ»
Would you bike to work more often if your employer subsidized the cost of a brand new bike? The Standing Stone Brewing Company, in Ashland, Oregon, is betting the answer is yes. On August 26th the brewery launched "RPM ...READ»
Nanosolar, a Silicon Valley thin-film solar startup, has been ridiculed for its reluctance to release any sort of information about its technology since it debuted in 2002. And now the company has proved all its detractors wrong, ...READ»
Kids these days--they just keep inventing new technologies to secure
our energy future. The latest comes from Milan Karki, an 18-year-old
resident of a rural village in Nepal. Karki has purportedly devised a
way to dramatically ...READ»
It's 2014. Instead of hiring workers to install solar panels on your roof, you spray solar ink all over the rooftop and sun-facing walls of your home. It's not science fiction--it could be reality in three to five years according to ...READ»
New Jersey wins the award for solar power superstar of the week. Hot on the heels of an announcement from Petra Solar and Public Service Gas and Electric (PSE&G)of a plan to install over 200,000 PV panels on NJ utility poles, ...READ»
Talk about economic indicators: Solar panels are growing in popularity, but thanks to the shrinking economy, the pricey electricity generators have become a popular target for thieves in California. Wait, it gets even more surreal: ...READ»
The world's biggest solar photovoltaic project won't be in a conventionally sunny spot like Nevada or Arizona. It will be four miles north of Cle Elum, Washington, if the Teanaway Solar Reserve project goes as planned. Currently, ...READ»
Samsung first announced the impending arrival of the Blue Earth, the first solar-powered touchscreen phone, this past February. CNET Asia had the enviable opportunity to check out the Blue Earth in person at CommunicAsia. The ...READ»
Passive homes are built to use as little energy as possible, but the future of green housing might be active homes -- houses designed to capture more energy than they use.
The world's first active house, located in Lystrup, ...READ»
Bus stations are generally information-poor, displaying little more than the time of the next bus arrival. But MIT's SENSEable City Lab envisions a richer bus station experience that could, according to MIT's Carlo Ratti, ...READ»
SunPower's new iPhone application makes it easy to monitor solar panel performance on the go. The application is just one part of the SunPower Monitoring System, which keeps track of SunPower solar panel performance with an in-home ...READ»
Car companies can't make hybrid vehicles fast enough, but the world's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle still reigns supreme. Toyota unveiled the third-generation Prius today in Tokyo, Japan, with a slew of new features to ...READ»
Massachusetts-based startup SunDrum is working on a liquid-filled heat sink that boosts the power output of photovoltaic panels (PV) and heats water--all with the help of a solar collector that's similar to something you would see ...READ»
Plants miraculously create clean energy using only sunlight and water, and until recently, we've only been able to look on in envy. All our attempts to mimic photosynthesis have been expensive and energy intensive. But a new ...READ»
When I saw the photo on the cover of the NY Times this week of the congregation at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, rallying around three huge white SUVs (yes, there were gas guzzlers on the altar), I first thought of the scene in ...READ»
It’s ironic that the images of flooding in the mid-west are accompanied by stories about government agencies pleading with people in those hard-hit areas to conserve water, because the floods have contaminated drinking water ...READ»
