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Imagine H2O Launches ‘X-Prize’ for Water Innovation
Imagine H2O is turning the concern about the intersection of energy and water into an opportunity by opening a $100,000 global competition to find the world’s most promising water businesses that save energy.
Solar Waste Recycling: Can the Industry Stay Green?
This story was written by Erica Gies with editing by by the SF Public Press and community-supported funding provided by Spot.us. Clean-tech firms seek to reuse a variety of rare, potentially toxic materials. New businesses emerge as manufacturers prepare for modules’ end of life. In recent years the electronics industry has gained notoriety for creating [...]
Blackstone Invests $300 Million in One of India’s Leading Solar PV Companies
US private equity firm Blackstone has decided to invest $300 million in one of the leading solar PV companies in India, Moser Baer (Private) Limited.
The 4 Best Ways to Go Solar Without Breaking the Bank
Several new innovative financing structures have emerged in the last few years that allow more people to get into solar than ever before — and for less money than ever before.
Scottish scientists develop whisky biofuel
By-products from distilling process could be used to power cars and even aviation, according to researchers in Edinburgh
Maryland Unveils Low-Emission Diesel Electric Commuter Train
The emergence of gensets and low-emissions locomotives for passenger trains has been slower than for freight trains. But MotivePower would like to change all that.
Xcel to Retire 900 Megawatts of Coal-Fired Power
Xcel Energy, the largest electric utility in Colorado, Friday filed a plan with the Public Utility Commission that would bring it into compliance with the new Clean Air Clean Jobs Act aimed at making sharp cuts in emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Richard Cook on Sustainable Architecture (video)
The New Yorker’s Paul Goldberger talks with Richard Cook of Cook + Fox Architects, the designer behind the new Bank of America Tower, the largest LEED Platinum certified building in the world. Cook and Goldberger discuss sustainable architecture, the use of nature in design, and the debates over the LEED standard. Video via The New Yorker Image [...]
6 Things Slowing the Smart Grid’s Arrival and 6 Reasons Not to Worry
By 2030, global energy consumption will increase by 50 percent, the U.S. Energy Information Agency estimates. One way to meet this growing energy demand is to increase capacity by building new power plants. Another way is to use the electricity we currently have coursing through our grid more efficiently. While we will likely need both, [...]
Majority of Americans Say They Won’t Invest in Oil
Whether it is a direct result of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico or a combination of factors, Americans are becoming increasingly reluctant to invest in oil company stocks, according to a new survey.
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