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Was 2011 good or bad for sustainability and green technology -- and what does last year's news portend for the future?
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The oil giant insists it remains committed to its alternative energy division, and is on track to invest $8 billion in green technology by 2015; the company says solar is too much of a commodity to make a profit.
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The still-unproven carbon capture and storage technology is one of the most controversial topics among the business community at COP17. Will the ability to sequester emissions from fossil fuels save us, or doom us to rapid climate change?
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A multi-billion-dollar 'superhighway' to connect offshore wind turbines to the US electric grid sounds like a can't-lose idea, but it's adrift without clearing some big financial, regulatory and technological hurdles.
by Marc Gunther
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As spending on renewables comes of age, the sector faces a significant challenge to better manage financial risk, according to a new report by EIU and Swiss Re.
by Adam Aston
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The company's CEO is leading a drive to convince businesses and individuals that solar energy makes sense -- today.
by Marc Gunther
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A recent event at Harvard Business School brought venture capitalists together to share their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities from innovating amid the cleantech industry's commoditization and consolidation.
by Yoni Cohen
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Two airlines are making big bets on biofuels, with United Airlines today launching the first U.S. commercial flight with an algae-based biofuel, and Alaska Air committing to purchase airplane fuel that partially uses old cooking oil.
by Marc Gunther
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For an industry that has really only come into prime time in the last five years, solar energy companies have a lot to learn about how to measure, manage and communicate their environmental impacts.
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U.S. investment in cleantech companies is rising, totaling $1.1 billion in Q3 2011. Energy storage led the way raising $421 million and representing a 1,932 percent increase during the same period last year.
by Derek Top
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While American media and pundits are bemoaning our inability to create any jobs or compete on green technologies, Asian countries are putting to work -- with great results -- the same ideas that have been killed in US political skirmishes.
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The Internet, shale gas technologies and Google search engine all had their origins in research funded by the U.S. government. These are just a few examples, and show why now is exactly the wrong time to stop supporting cleantech innovation.
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As more and more companies realize significant energy savings from submetering their buildings, it's worth look at how the technology can spur simple, no-cost changes that tie into your energy and facility management tools.
by Paul Baier
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The group's executive director, Mike Brune, explains how the nonprofit is putting Michael Bloomberg's $50 million gift to work, and how Occupy Wall Street and the Keystone XL protests tie in to the shift to clean energy.
by Marc Gunther
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The Chinese government has today given short shrift to proposals from a group of US solar firms for new import duties on low-cost Chinese solar panels, which they allege have benefited from 'illegal' subsidies.
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The company has been focused on home automation and security since its founding in 1999, but is expanding its reach into the alternative energy market, funding 2,400 solar installations across four states.
by Derek Top
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General Electric and Inovateus Solar are working together to offer solar-powered carports equipped with charging stations for electric cars -- a concept that enables large-scale EV charging in commercial and corporate parking lots without a huge draw on the grid.
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In the runup to GreenBiz Group's Innovation Forum 2011, Kirk Thompson talks about how Dow's approach to innovation re-energized roofing products and gave a new look to PV solar power systems.
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Rather than take the Solyndra meltdown as a call to end all government funding for clean energy companies, there are smart policy practices that can spur innovation and continue to make American solar firms competitive.
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The inquisition-like 'fact-finding exercise' about green jobs yesterday on Capitol Hill tells us a lot about the state of our political dialogue, but also about the role government should play in subsidizing energy of all kinds.
by Marc Gunther
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This year's Meeting of the Minds conference, kicking off today in Boulder, brings together industry, nonprofit and governmental leaders for a no-holds-barred look at how well smart technologies are progressing.
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Despite much punditry decrying the president's green jobs funding as wasted effort and money, there are three good reasons why renewables are the key to a new boom in green jobs.
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Why Iceland only has 11 electric vehicles, Ford brings gamification to vehicle software, and an accounting error means biofuels may be a lot less green than thought, along with other stories in our morning roundup.
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Increasing capacity per dollar in computer technology has driven exponential growth for 50 years. With a similar organizing principle, the same could happen in the energy industry.
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The two top-tier environmentalists, who have taken very different paths to addressing our environmental woes, sat down last week to talk about the growth of renewables, the need to break the power of the fossil fuel industries, and more.