Posted August 24th, 2008 by admin
How’s this for a tantalizing possibility: rather than install solar panels on your roof, the lost heat from your furnace could power your home.
That’s not yet a product, but a growing number of scientists and clean-tech companies are trying to coax usable energy from smokestacks and other …
Posted August 24th, 2008 by admin
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has staked out a claim for making New York City a clean-energy powerhouse through off-shore and on-building wind farms.
Bloomberg spoke at the National Clean Energy Summit at the University of Nevada Las Vegas on Tuesday where he outlined his proposal for more renewable energy in New …
Posted August 24th, 2008 by admin
Trilliant said on Wednesday that it has raised $40 million in equity in one of the largest single-round smart-grid investments to date.
The Redwood City, Calif.-based company makes equipment and software for energy-efficiency programs aimed at smoothing out the load on the power grid by dialing down energy use …
Posted August 24th, 2008 by admin
In the race to make sustainably grown biofuels, algae is the great green hope.
Growing algae is not hard. But making enough to be competitive with fossil fuel prices has eluded the many companies and researchers betting on algae as a biofuel feedstock.
Solazyme CEO Jonathan Wolfson on Wednesday said …
Posted August 24th, 2008 by admin
Pavement, it turns out, is a pretty good place to look for free energy.
A handful of Massachusetts researchers on Monday published a paper detailing a technique for using water-carrying pipes to convert the built-up heat in asphalt roads into usable energy.
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Posted August 24th, 2008 by admin
Google is investing $10 million in “enhanced” geothermal systems–essentially technology for tapping underground heat–which it says is one of most promising forms of renewable energy.
Through its philanthropic arm Google.org, the Internet giant will invest in two geothermal technology start-up companies and give a university grant to study the …
Posted August 24th, 2008 by admin
Big Blue has devised a consulting service to profit from corporate initiatives to “go green.”
IBM on Monday detailed its “Green Sigma” consulting practice for reducing energy and water usage at businesses by using networked sensors and data analysis software.
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