Genomatica, best known for figuring out how to make spandex from sugar cane and E.coli, has a new trick up its sleeve: producing chemicals from waste.READ»
Watch out, solar manufacturers: GE may be about to take over your turf. The corporate giant, which has already carved out a spot as one of the world's leading wind turbine suppliers, announced this week that it is moving into the thin film solar business.READ»
After nine years of political wrangling, the $1 billion Cape Wind project signed a lease for sea space in the Nantucket Sound. But don't break out the champagne just yet. READ»
The explosion last week of a gas transmission line in San Bruno, California has prompted local utility PG&E to release some enjoyable bedtime reading--a list of the 100 riskiest gas line segments in California. READ»
Project Kaisei and Covanta Energy hope to process nonrecyclable plastic waste from the country-sized garbage patch in the Pacific and convert it into diesel.READ»
LG, yes the same LG whose logo may be stamped somewhere on your HDTV or cell phone, has just announced it's entering the water treatment business. It's for the good of people, and for LG's bottom line.READ»
Ernst & Young has made it official: China is the most attractive location to put cash in clean technology projects, and the U.S. has slipped to second place.READ»
The world's largest turbine--a 130-ton, metal shaft with twin rotating blades--is making its way on a barge from Invergordon, Scotland to the European Marine Energy Centre test site off the coast of Orkney. READ»
The FutureGen clean coal project just won't die. The nearly decade-old project has been killed, reborn, and reshaped so many times that we almost forgot it was still around. But it is--albeit in a less ambitious form.READ»
China may have overtaken the U.S. as the Saudi Arabia of wind power (got that?), but the U.S. is still home to some major wind energy powerhouses.READ»
After over 100 days, the BP oil leak finally appears to be plugged. But while the White House claims that the vast majority of oil has evaporated or been cleaned up with burning, oil skimmers, and dispersants, there is still plenty ...READ»
The United States has been called the Saudi Arabia of wind. But for the first time ever, China has exceeded the U.S. in newly installed wind capacity.READ»
And so one of the most ambitious experiments in government-subsidized renewable energy comes to an end as Spain announces that it will slash subsidies for photovoltaic solar power plants by 45%.READ»
The Salton Sea is one of California's most intriguing attractions. Now the ultra-salty body of water may be able to claim a new title: lithium production center of the U.S. READ»
Solar power took a big step toward becoming the alternative energy of choice with this week's news that energy from sunlight might be cheaper than nuclear power. The analysis, which comes from a Duke University report entitled Solar ...READ»
Google's entrance into the energy market has been a long time coming. Earlier this year, the Internet giant formed an energy subsidiary, dubbed "Google Energy", and soon afterwards Google announced that its first direct investment ...READ»
