Technology News
- August 2, 2011
- Department of Energy invests $50M in solar panel manufacturing
- VentureBeat, Matthew Lynley
- The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that it is investing $50 million in the SUNPATH program, which is designed to promote solar panel manufacturing in the United States. The United States manufactured only 7 percent of the world’s solar panels last year, according to the Energy Department. That’s down from ... more ›
- July 31, 2011
- What’s Next for Clean Energy
- Huffington Post, Michael Moynihan
- This past weekend, I attended the Aspen Institute’s Clean Energy Roundtable, an annual gathering of business, political and policy leaders working in clean energy. Inspired by the many insights and ideas presented, here are my thoughts on the state of clean energy today and what lies ahead. First the good ... more ›
- July 29, 2011
- Podcast: The Future Of Retrofits
- AOL Energy, Felicity Carus
- In tight economic times, energy firms are helping customers find creative ways to pay for installations that can save them money over the long run. Metrus Energy develops and finances energy efficiency retrofits at commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities. Metrus, a startup based in San Francisco established in 2009, has ... more ›
- July 5, 2011
- SolarReserve Banks on Storing Heat from the Sun
- GreenBiz, Marc Gunther
- One of the knocks against renewable energy has been that, unlike coal, natural gas and nuclear energy, it is intermittent. Solar and wind power can’t be relied upon when the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn’t blow. SolarReserve, a well-financed California startup that can store energy from the sun, ... more ›
- June 30, 2011
- Solar Power: the living is easy
- The Economist, Staff
- FAMED for its dismal climate, Britain is not an obvious pioneer of solar energy. But, in their efforts to maximise small-scale electricity generation and reach ambitious carbon-reduction targets, successive governments have bet heavily on the sun’s rays. The outlook for that strategy is increasingly cloudy. In 2010 the previous, Labour ... more ›
