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Quantum computing and other factors require an overhaul of our energy systems.
by Cedrik Neike
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From smaller, more powerful solar panels to new momentum for distributed power sources, accelerating nanotechnology R&D holds serious promise for commercial energy.
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IBM is partnering with Switzerland's largest retailer Migros, a local utility and the country's grid operator to test how companies can manage industrial power demand to optimize their use of renewable energy.
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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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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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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.
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Later this month, environmental activists will launch the broadest climate protest in history, against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. There are plenty of compelling reasons why cleantech and energy companies should get on board.
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Conservatives in the current Congress are pushing hard against environmental laws -- and the fact that they're gaining ground is a testament as much to hard-liners in one party as it is to a failure to send compelling messages on climate change.
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Why solar companies don't want to be bought up, the economic dangers of relying on lithium in electric vehicles, and what the end of Google's PowerMeter means in the U.K. (not much) are what we're reading this morning.
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Blaming "Washington" for America's failing clean-energy leadership is easy, but the fact is much of the nation’s energy policy happens at the state level. Two new reports shine a light on how the states are doing.
by Joel Makower
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Businesses can play a key role in driving government policy action on climate change. It's clear that carbon is increasingly becoming a strategic management priority, and governments across the globe now need to support industry in realizing these carbon-related economic opportunities.
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<meta charset='utf-8'><a href='http://www.ge.com/'>GE</a> today handed out the first of what will be $200 million in awards from its <a href='http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2010/10/06/ges-ecomagination-challenge-smart-way-spur-innovation'>Ecomagination Challenge</a> to companies making windows that automatically tint to keep buildings cool, heating systems that run on solar-powered hot water and other energy-efficient technologies developed with the smart grid in mind. </meta>
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The ultimate nightmare for Congress is an angry mob with money. Yet, the renewable energy industry has so far failed to use its economic might, and its anger over failed U.S. energy policy, to convince policymakers that renewable energy is the economic pillar of future U.S. success. We don’t need more “constructive engagement” with our representatives in D.C. We need blunt force trauma. We need a million suits on the Mall.
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The U.S. Department of Energy is giving $188 million to small business across the United States that are working on smart grid, building energy efficiency, biofuel and computing technology that can be commercialized and create jobs.
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The total private investment in companies that are building the clean economy has climbed over $400 billion since the end of 2009, and puts G-20 countries on track to invest $20 trillion in sustainability by 2020.
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The U.S. auto market is about to be inundated with electrified vehicle options, but without widespread initiatives to educate drivers, the new wave of electrification could crash and burn before these cars get off the lot.
by Anna Clark
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By most measures, wind energy has been a great business lately, but its supporters need to be honest about costs as well as the benefits, since both are substantial.
by Marc Gunther
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China can be a great place for international companies interested in green business. It's a matter of getting to know the right people, adapting to the culture and "getting over your fear of China," says Peggy Liu, the chair of JUCCCE.<br />
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I have been an admirer of General Electric and its CEO, Jeff Immelt ... But I've got a couple of questions that have been nagging at me. First, has GE become overly focused on Washington? Second, when will Immelt deliver for GE shareholders?
by Marc Gunther
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The Southern California Public Power Authority and Ice Energy are launching a project to shift 53 megawatts of peak-time power consumption to hours of lower demand by deploying units that make and use ice to run air conditioners.
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VC investment in green technologies totaled $4.85 billion in 356 deals in 2009, down from 2008's $7.6 billion, though the number of deals in 2009 exceeded the previous year.
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Proven, existing efficiency technologies -- in everything from lighting to climate control and more -- can unlock the untapped reserves of efficiency gains buried in many real estate holdings, according to a new report.
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Though the final accord in Copenhagen didn’t solve the world’s political or environmental mess as far as the climate is concerned, the two-week meeting was proof that money is in the air. In one presentation after another during “side events” that take place concurrently with the official negotiations, companies and business groups described how they are profiting from dealing with the climate crisis, and how a hefty international agreement, and a corollary in the US, would help them do so even more.