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After evaluating 24 million miles of electric-vehicle driving, the EV Project has learned some lessons that could have huge implications for EVs' success. Here's what we know now.
by Adam Aston
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The latest figures from Ernst & Young show a 4.5 percent dip in investments in clean technologies last year. Given how bad the Year of Solyndra was for all things green, there's reason for optimism.
by Adam Aston
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Global Investment in clean energy topped $260 billion in 2011, marking a new record for growth even as a gathering of high-level investors at the UN this week worried whether the growth can continue.
by Adam Aston
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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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From political wrangling to economic downturns, there is no shortage of signs that cleantech companies are about to go down a bumpy road. Here's how we went from boom times to dark days ahead.
by Adam Aston
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General Electric is making a major bid to become the leading manufacturer of thin-film solar panels in the U.S. with a $600 million investment in the technology that includes plans to build the largest solar panel plant in the country.
by Adam Aston
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Arun Majumdar, the director of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, lays out the audacious goals and the tough budgetary realities of the U.S. Department of Energy unit that's best known by its acronym ARPA-E.
by Adam Aston
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At the Detroit Automotive Show this week, Ford unveiled a batch of electric vehicles, proving GM and Nissan aren't going to have the spotlight to themselves for very long.
by Adam Aston
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu explained in clear and forceful terms how China's leadership in energy technologies keeps growing, and is a second "Sputnik Moment" for the United States.
by Adam Aston
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Jeff Immelt has announced 12 major venture capital investments and five winners of its crowd-sourced Ecomagination Challenge. This first round of winners highlights GE's current and future focus on smart grid and energy management technologies.
by Adam Aston
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Is U.S. leadership in smart grid giving way? There's been much worry that the U.S. is losing its edge in clean technologies born here. It's already happened with solar photo voltaic technology, which is dominated by China. Other sectors -- such as e-car, battery and wind technology -- are re-centering there, too.
by Adam Aston