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In Smart Grid, A Push for Power Line Networking?
Rather than using wireless, some companies say utilities should control streetlights and other devices by communcating over the power line.
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Will Radio Make Fusion Power Possible?
Two MIT scientists have shown that radio waves can be used to corral super hot plasmas in fusion reactors, a big break in turning fusion into reality.
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Global Solar Uses Own Tech to Power Up Factory
The thin-film solar cell maker says the first commercial solar array using its CIGS cells is now operating on its property through a power-purchase agreement with MMA Renewable Ventures.
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Solar a Bust in Spain
Installers of solar energy systems are trying to unload megawatts worth of panels cheaply after buying too many at high prices earlier this year.
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A Battery for Perpetual Motion
In theory, a security camera running on these batteries could run as long as there are vibrations nearby.
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Better Place Goes to Hawaii
Better Place's charging infrastructure for electric cars is suited for islands, say pundits. So it makes sense the company wants to go to Hawaii.
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Moser Baer Rolls Out Thin-Film, Builds Power Plant
The Indian solar company plans to build factories with more than 600 megawatts of capacity by 2010, while developing solar power plants to take advantage of the new feed-in tariff in India.
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TVA Seeks 2GW of Renewable Power
If you've got solar or wind farms, head to Tennessee. The TVA wants to rapidly buy up capacity for renewable power.
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First Solar Creates Tough Act to Follow
Solar startups will have trouble replicating the thin-film solar panel market leader's performance in today's poor economy, industry watchers at a Photon International conference warn.
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Ford Outlines Fuel Economy, Electric Car Plans to Feds
Ford wants to come out with electric commercial vehicles in two years and consumer electrics in 2012. But it needs $9 billion first.
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A Current in Every Ceiling
The EMerge Alliance says low-voltage direct current built into interior spaces can power LED lights, sensors and other devices more efficiently that the AC wiring in use today.
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BP Inks Deal With China Over Coal Research
BP is going to work with the Chinese Academy of Sciences to help commercialize clean coal technology.
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150 Solar Startups, Part 1
VC investment in solar has risen from a trickle to a flood in the previous four years. But what have they invested in?
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Fisker Preps Its Production Car
The Karma will cost $87,900, a little more than expected, but the gas-electric hybrid is coming next November, the company says.
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U.K. to Offer Solar Incentives by 2010
The government will create a feed-in tariff program to boost electricity production from solar, wind and other renewable energy. Similar programs exist in Germany, Spain, France and elsewhere.
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California Solar Rooftop Project Hits Milestone
Southern California Edison has completed the first phase of what ultimately will be 250 megawatts of rooftop power.
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Fish-to-Fuel in Vietnam?
European research center VTT is teaming up with a fish processor in Vietnam to make fuel from waste. But the history of animal waste fuel shows that success is a tough formula.
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U.N. Climate Talks Poses Big Impact on Greentech
Delegates from 187 nations are meeting in Poland to create a new climate change treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol. Debates rage on whether the treaty will hurt or benefit the sagging economy.
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Energy a Key Priority for Obama's National Security Adviser
General James Jones, who will become Obama's national security adviser, has been a staunch advocate of energy efficiency, government research and alternative energy.
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The Long and Winding Solar Road: Q&A With SunPower's Dick Swanson
Richard Swanson, SunPower's President, says there is no equivalent of Moore's Law in solar, but other things work in the industry's favor.
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