Friday the DOE once again hammered home its view that solar’s promise is real, with a $150 million loan guarantee to 1366 Technologies, a Lexington, Mass.-based solar w
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Alta Devices says it's hit new record solar panel efficiency
Stealthy solar panel manufacturing startup Alta Devices announced today that it has produced solar panels that have broken previous efficiency rating records for solar...
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Supreme Court rejects climate lawsuit against power companies
The Supreme Court rejected a climate change lawsuit against major power companies Monday, ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency, not the courts, should impose...
Fukushima disaster failures kept behind closed doors at UN atomic meeting
The United Nations nuclear agency’s decision to hold talks about the Fukushima disaster behind closed doors this week ignores the “blindingly obvious” need for greater...
Buffett-backed carmaker BYD raises $219M in China IPO
SHANGHAI, Jun 19 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett-backed Chinese carmaker BYD Co Ltd will raise a less-than-expected 1.42 billion yuan ($219 million) in its initial public...
New report shows early chaos at Japan nuke plant
A new report says Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant was so unprepared for the disaster that workers had to bring protective gear and an emergency manual from...
Renault-Nissan to open advanced engineering and research lab in Silicon Valley
As part of its drive to focus on sustainable technologies, advanced engineering and the zero-emissions vehicles of the future, the Renault-Nissan Alliance is opening a...
Bill Gates backs human waste-to-fuel tech
Making energy from poop can be a good profit-making and social enterprise. That’s the aim of a research project at Columbia University, where a professor is getting a $1.5...
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