Is Fisker a scandal, or much ado about nothing? In solar news, worries mount over an industry darling, and China fires back at America's tariff push.
The hunt for the next Solyndra heated up this week, as GOP critics of Pres. Obama's clean energy...
Oct 28, 2011
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NRG Energy is the first company in the U.S. to license a University of Delaware technology that uses electric car batteries to balance the grid.
A major U.S. utility is betting on a technology 15 years in development that allows electric cars...
Oct 12, 2011
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NOAA and DOE have deployed more than a dozen wind detection instruments across the Midwest to measure the economic value of improved forecasting.
If the weather report says it's supposed to be sunny and breezy tomorrow, do you trust that...
Oct 7, 2011
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A former LinkedIn social media expert is helping Sungevity connect solar users, online and off, to generate buzz and new buyers for its panels
Includes correction
Social media expert Patrick Crane had just stepped down for a "career break"...
Aug 10, 2011
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Analysts say GOP-led efforts to strip funding for federal lighting efficiency standards won't stop the rapid growth of new technologies
The switch to energy-efficient lighting will proceed rapidly this decade, no matter the results of...
Jul 20, 2011
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Recently discovered undersea deposits of rare earth metals — crucial to new clean energy technologies — could take decades and cost billions to develop
An underwater bonanza of rare earth deposits discovered by Japanese scientists poses little...
Jul 7, 2011
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Appropriations bill puts renewable energy and efficiency funding about $1 billion below current levels, roughly equaling dollars doled out in 2005
WASHINGTON—Even though Republicans have vowed an "all-of-the-above" approach to America's energy...
Jun 21, 2011
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Since entering the smart grid space in 2009, Colorado-based Tendril has quadrupled its workforce and revenues. Now it's landing major deals in Australia
Washington's smart grid stimulus campaign is paying off for many U.S. software companies.
Having...
Jun 16, 2011
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Training academies are cropping up to steer students and professionals into clean energy industries that lack manpower to match growing opportunities
A surge in business for algae-biofuels developer Sapphire Energy has led to a new but welcome...
May 16, 2011
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Houston is rising U.S. star in green jobs race; Mexico quietly competes with Asian giants as solar factories sprout south of the border
China is prevailing in the global race for green jobs in sectors from solar panels to advanced...
Oct 6, 2010
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