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Fisker's 2012 Karma Eclipse
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 | Read More
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 | Read More
The federal SunShot Initiative is doling out millions in small grants to projects that cut the red tape on solar installations.
In the midst of the largest scandal to rock the U.S. solar industry, the Department of Energy is...
Sep 23, 2011 | Read More
Installation of Solyndra’s cylindrical solar module design
The politically charged investigation into Solyndra's collapse has overshadowed the fact that the fate of a groundbreaking technology hangs in the balance.
The politically charged investigation into the collapse of Solyndra, the California solar start-up...
Sep 20, 2011 | Read More
Rep. Joe Barton
Rep. Burgess has floated an amendment that — like Rep. Barton's initial measure — would bar the DOE from enforcing 2007 lighting efficiency standards
Update (July 15): The House today approved the amendment from Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) to...
Jul 14, 2011 | Read More
solar panel installation
The DOE is working with utilities and local governments to streamline U.S. solar permitting — a 'new frontier for solar cost decline,' says advocacy group
Installing rooftop solar arrays could become far more affordable for American homeowners if new...
Jun 30, 2011 | Read More
Worker installing a smart meter
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 | Read More
Wind turbine assembly
As China tightens its stranglehold over rare earths, the DOE has made millions available to help produce turbines and EVs without the crucial minerals
The next generation of wind turbine and electric car parts could be rare earth-free, if the United...
Apr 29, 2011 | Read More
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley
Gov. O'Malley's offshore wind energy bill is likely to pass next year and unleash a new multibillion-dollar clean energy industry, supporters say
Massachusetts is officially poised to have America's first offshore wind farm, now that Cape Wind...
Apr 21, 2011 | Read More
Mountaineer coal plant
The failure of Congress last year to legislate a carbon cap on power plants has left a hole in financing for the nation's first CCS plant in West Virginia
The coal industry is banking on America's first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS)...
Apr 14, 2011 | Read More