Smart metering isn't just about electricity -- natural gas and water are important market sectors too. Water, in particular, is primed for growth, as rising global...
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The smart grid for water gets bigger
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Navy moves ahead on biofuels despite congressional ire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is pushing ahead with a $420 million effort to build refineries to make competitively priced biofuels, despite anger in Congress over...
UK approves two huge offshore wind farms
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government has given the go-ahead for two large offshore wind farms off the Norfolk coast with a combined investment of around 3 billion...
Nissan debuts new battery capacity estimators
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