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California opens $500,000 clean-tech contest

April 19, 2006 Entrepreneurs will compete with ideas for alternative energy and environmentally-conscious technology. TAGS: alternative energy, entrepreneur, California

Clean energy market to clean up

March 7, 2006 Clean energy currently constitutes a small fraction of the energy market, but it's about to take off. TAGS: alternative energy, General Electric Co., energy

Manufacturing power from manure

April 10, 2006 special report Start-ups are finding new forms of energy in an unlikely source: barnyard animals. TAGS: alternative energy, natural gas, cow, energy, manufacturing

Mass. attorney general sues wind installer

March 8, 2007 A wind turbine installer misled environmentally-conscious consumers, suit alleges. TAGS: turbine, alternative energy, attorney general, suit, Massachusetts

From Silicon Valley to Solar Valley

February 2, 2007 Birthplace of computers poised to become the center of the alternative energy industry, experts say at conference. Video: Al Gore says Silicon Valley can save Earth TAGS: Silicon Valley, alternative energy, Cypress Semiconductor Corp., incentive, manufacturing, San Jose, conference, U.S., CEO, video

Texas power plant runs on biodiesel

March 19, 2007 Biofuels Power is harvesting oil from deep fat fryers to run its 5-megawatt power plant. TAGS: biodiesel, plant, alternative energy, Texas, animal, facility, U.S.

Ontario: The new frontier for alternative energy

June 21, 2007 Government programs help make Ontario a hot spot for companies in the alternative energy industry. TAGS: Ontario, tariff, alternative energy, solar energy, renewable energy, homeowner, financial planning, Germany, government, incentive, Canada

VC funding climbing, study says

January 23, 2006 IT leads deals in 2005, pushing investments in U.S. companies to their highest total since the dot-com bust. TAGS: U.S. company, investment, capital, venture capital, alternative energy, dot-com, information technology, study

Energy heats up high tech

July 12, 2004 As oil prices rise, alternative energy technologies are looking more attractive, especially to venture capitalists. TAGS: alternative energy, venture capital, venture-capital company, Silicon Valley, interest

Powering cities on landfill waste

June 6, 2007 A start-up is opening a plant that will convert municipal waste into electricity through a cleaner process than burning.Photo: Turning waste into energy TAGS: landfill, electricity, alternative energy, waste, energy, trash, turbine, facility, entrepreneur, ton

Google: Jolly green giant?

November 28, 2007 The search and advertising company is a force to be reckoned with across the Web. Now it's looking to do the same in alternative energy (along with many others, large and small). TAGS: soda, advertising company, alternative energy, energy, Google Inc., HP

Ethanol company gets backing from Gates firm

April 18, 2006 Pacific Ethanol nabs $84 million from Cascade Investment, a venture and investment firm funded by the Microsoft chairman. TAGS: Pacific, Cascade Corp., plant, natural gas, alternative energy, investment, chairman, California, Microsoft Corp.

Why it's not easy being green

January 24, 2007 Consumers, not technologies, are the barrier to curbing energy consumption and greenhouse gases, one energy expert says. TAGS: renewable energy, energy, figure, alternative energy, U.S.

A power surge for alternative energy

October 30, 2007 From tech giants to start-ups and from venture capitalists to universities, there's plenty of action on the energy front. TAGS: turbine, alternative energy, venture capital, IBM Corp., battery, photograph

Applied buys Applied and gets into solar

May 4, 2006 Applied Materials' latest acquisition underscores Silicon Valley's growing interest in alternative energy. TAGS: Applied Materials Inc., semiconductor, alternative energy, flat panel, acquisition, Silicon Valley

Putting alternative energy to work

June 6, 2007 The clean-technology movement has its hands in some dirty business--and its eye on getting power from on high. TAGS: electricity, alternative energy, blade, blog, Sun Microsystems Inc., server

Department of Energy opens doors to tech entrepreneurs

October 23, 2007 Under the entrepreneur in residence program, the agency will invite executives to set up shop inside select labs to assess technologies. TAGS: lab, entrepreneur, alternative energy, agency

Clean energy is a marathon, not a sprint

August 23, 2006 Investor interest in green technologies has been long overdue. Now can we just keep it up for a few decades? TAGS: fossil fuel, entrepreneurial, energy, alternative energy, global warming

Hydrogen cars to hit the road by 2015?

July 13, 2006 Will the Hindenburg's gas be running cars in a decade? Carmakers say it could be in the works. Photos: Hydrogen car tech revs up Photos: Toyota's hydrogen SUV Video: Ford's hydrogen Focus TAGS: hydrogen, chip-equipment, hydrogen fuel cell, fuel cell, kilogram, alternative energy, SUV, car, mile, transportation, engine, road, battery, photograph, video

GE chief: All engines go for alternative energy

March 12, 2007 Jeffrey Immelt, who spearheaded GE's Ecomagination initiative, sees favorable conditions for investment in a range of energy technologies.Photos: MIT's Energy 2.0 conference TAGS: General Electric Co., alternative energy, renewable energy, investment, fossil fuel, initiative, energy, global warming, engine, conference, CEO
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