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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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Blackstone acquisition of Vivint for $2B shows enormous potential big players are seeing in field.
by Aaron Tilley
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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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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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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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Portugal's plans to build the world's greenest city -- and a hopeful competitor to Silicon Valley -- from the ground up may be ambitious, but they are also surprisingly credible.
by James Murray
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While cleantech often conjures an image of the lone entrepreneur struggling to bring new technology to market, companies like Johnson Controls are changing that view. "Cleantech" no longer equals "startup," as old-line companies increase their green profile.
by John Davies
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The Obama administration is awarding $100 million in Recovery Act funds for smart grid workforce training to prepare an estimated 30,000 Americans for the jobs that are expected to help transform the country's utility and electrical manufacturing industries.
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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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The kickoff to IBM's third-annual Pulse expo showcased how the company has its eyes on making the world's cities connected, automated and efficient, through hardware and software innovations and new partnerships with Johnson Controls and Ricoh.