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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

Nobel laureate joins solar-cell firm

August 4, 2004 Arno Penzias, who won a Nobel Prize for physics, is now a scientific adviser to Konarka. TAGS: Nobel prize, alternative energy, advisor

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

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, solar energy, alternative energy, renewable energy, homeowner, financial planning, Germany, government, incentive, Canada

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., manufacturing, incentive, San Jose, conference, U.S., CEO, video

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

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

Panasonic, Toshiba delve into alternative energy

October 26, 2004 Plans include a hydrogen-based home-heating system and a tiny fuel cell that powers an MP3 player for 20 hours. TAGS: fuel cell, membrane, methanol, alternative energy, hydrogen, reaction, water, natural gas, hydrogen fuel cell, Panasonic, Toshiba, MP3 player, MP3

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: investment, U.S. company, capital, venture capital, alternative energy, dot-com, information technology, study

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, energy, alternative energy, Google Inc., HP

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, fuel cell, hydrogen fuel cell, kilogram, alternative energy, SUV, car, mile, transportation, engine, road, photograph, battery, video

Will taxes halt Calif.'s solar thermal ambitions?

December 11, 2007 California is pushing solar thermal tech--but if it doesn't extend a real estate tax break, it will discourage it.Photos: Shedding light on solar thermal TAGS: exemption, plant, alternative energy, California, natural gas, tax, electricity, entrepreneur, real estate, state, Governor, CEO, utility

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, animal, Texas, facility, 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

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

Nano visionary Richard Smalley dies

October 28, 2005 A professor who helped promote nanotechnology and cleaner fuel has died of cancer at 62. TAGS: nanotechnology, alternative energy, professor

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: Cascade Corp., Pacific, plant, alternative energy, natural gas, 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, alternative energy, figure, U.S.

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
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