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Bill Gates Talks Energy at TED [Video]

Bill Gates Talks Energy at TED [Video]

Recently at TED2010, Bill Gates unveiled his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need for "miracles" to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he's backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor.

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Cost of Boulder’s Smart Grid Soars, State Increases Oversight

Cost of Boulder’s Smart Grid Soars, State Increases Oversight

Boulder, Colorado's new smart-grid project is already stretching the limits of cost expectations and the rest of the state has to foot the bill.

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FloDesign Raises $42.8 Million for Jet-Inspired Wind Turbine

FloDesign Raises $42.8 Million for Jet-Inspired Wind Turbine

FloDesign secures $34.5 million of venture capital to go with $8.3 million from feds via ARPA-E program.

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Intel’s 8 New Solar Projects Raise the Bar on Tech Industry

Intel’s 8 New Solar Projects Raise the Bar on Tech Industry

Intel to add 2.5 megawatts of new solar generation at 8 sites in 4 states

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Colorado State University Opens One of the Largest Solar Plants at a University in the US

Colorado State University Opens One of the Largest Solar Plants at a University in the US

Colorado State University today dedicated one of the largest solar plants in the nation to be housed at a university.

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World’s Largest Airlines Commit to Use Biofuel in Jets

World’s Largest Airlines Commit to Use Biofuel in Jets

A coalition of fourteen major airlines--both passenger and cargo carriers--have formally signaled their interest in using a plant-based biodiesel blend from a Seattle-based company.

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Are We On the Cusp of Dramatically More Efficient Computing?

Are We On the Cusp of Dramatically More Efficient Computing?

Revolutionary material allows electrons to travel on its surface with no loss of energy, drastically improving computer chip efficiency and possibly replacing common silicon semiconductors.

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GE Lands 845-Megawatt Bid for World’s Largest Wind Farm

GE Lands 845-Megawatt Bid for World’s Largest Wind Farm

GE is celebrating positive news with the announcement of its involvement in the 845-megawatt, 338-turbine Shepherd's Flat Wind Farm in Oregon.

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Is Your Electric Utility Ready for the Electric Car?

Is Your Electric Utility Ready for the Electric Car?

With what appears to be a perfect storm building on the horizon for electric vehicles (EVs), some utilities are way ahead of others when it comes to readying the grid--and their customers--for a large-scale deployment of the paradigm-changing electric car.

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Tidal Power Turbines Producing More Energy Than Expected

Tidal Power Turbines Producing More Energy Than Expected

SeaGen tidal power turbines in the UK are producing more energy than project developers expected.

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