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From batteries to blockchain, new technologies in the energy sector carry the potential to upend traditional infrastructure and business models.
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A new report reveals that venture capital investments in clean tech rose quarter to quarter throughout 2013.<o p=''></o>
by James Murray
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Electric vehicles will be the most important 'appliance' for engaging with the smart grid.
by Beaudry Kock
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Is energy becoming a big-box business? A first-of-its-kind program gives customers the option to switch energy service providers at a Chicago-area Best Buy store.
by Derek Top
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In spite of the energy-saving promise of smart meters, many homes still have the regular ones. GE this week unveiled a new set of products that will enable consumers to manage their energy use -- with or without smart meters.
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A look at how this sector will evolve in the U.S. by the end of the decade in view of President Barack Obama's Better Buildings Initiative.<br />
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Providing open source developer tools to build applications that connect smart meters, home appliances, and smart phones with back-office utility systems, the program hopes to accelerate time-to-market opportunities for new products and services.
by Derek Top
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Pushing device communications standards, a new standards committee from the Consumer Electronics Association will help manufacturers, utilities, and service providers increase time-to-market opportunities for smart grid consumer products.
by Derek Top
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As smart grid technologies gain steam, utilities face challenges in retraining workers, but also opportunities through bringing in new employees more attuned to the concepts behind the smart grid.
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The plan is to fast-track technology discovered through the GE ecomagination innovation challenge to store shelves.
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With the launch of its new Wiser home energy management system, Schneider Electric hopes to make it easier for customers to buy in to the energy-saving and emissions-reducing benefits of smart meter technology.
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General Electric Company plans to invest $432 million in the next four years to establish four design and manufacturing centers for energy efficient refrigerators in the U.S. and create 500 jobs in the process.
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The company's new Conserve Gateway is a wireless router that connects to a user's smart meter to convey in-home energy monitoring, an important step in advancing the benefits of smart grid technology.
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An international roster of leaders from city and state governments and business shared their best strategies for financing large-scale deployment of low carbon technologies in the built environment to create smarter grids, buildings, transportations systems and urban infrastructure.
by Molly Webb
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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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GE wants to be a leader in providing the products that will help power the future. Its debut of a sleek EV charging station, a home energy management device and a $200 million innovation challenge are the latest vehicles in the company's campaign for smart grid development.
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General Electric and four venture capital partners are offering $200 million to back the best ideas for technology that will speed transformation of the electricity grid into a digital energy network that is smarter, cleaner and more efficient.
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A number of software tools exist to help small- and medium-sized businesses measure and manage their utility use; we've rounded up five of the top solutions to see how they stack up, and how easy they make it for you to save money and reduce your carbon footprint.
by D. Salmons
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The new Bloom Energy Server was touted far and wide last week as a game-changing fuel-cell device. We talked to some of the first owners of 'Bloom Boxes' to find out why they made the $700,000 purchase -- and whether it's right for your firm.
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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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What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy, Autodesk and Serious Materials, you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to foster sustainability -- and in some cases guide the marketplace toward broader and deeper adoption of environmentally responsible practices.
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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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A new patent filed by Apple Computer suggests that the Cupertino computer giant aims to join Google and Microsoft in measuring, managing and reducing energy use in the home and office.