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Creating power out of thin air

October 26, 2007 Imagine a material that can suck in heat from the environment and power a notebook. A New Jersey company is aiming to do just that. TAGS: fuel cell, fusion, material, electricity, energy, temperature, degree, environment

Pint-size hydro power on tap

October 24, 2007 Start-up Rentricity designs a generator that brings hydroelectric power down to size for cites and towns. TAGS: turbine, electricity, facility, generator, water, pressure, power, utility, California

Google to enter clean-energy business

November 27, 2007 Search giant earmarks hundreds of millions of dollars with the goal of generating a gigawatt of clean energy that's cheaper than coal. TAGS: coal, renewable energy, electricity, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., Larry Page, energy, dollar, goal

Solar thermal plants go back to the future

September 10, 2007 Start-up Ausra nabs $40 million in venture capital to build utility-scale solar power plants, an idea that is again gaining traction. Photo: Collecting sunlight TAGS: plant, electricity, venture capital, California

The fatal flaw for green-tech companies

February 5, 2008 There's a chance green products will save the world, so why are they so boring compared to a cell phone with a built-in TV? TAGS: electricity, cell phone, PC

Meet the king of coal

February 25, 2008 You may not love coal, but you use a lot of it. Peabody Energy's Greg Boyce says the company will even participate in cleaning the stuff up. TAGS: coal, natural gas, CO2, electricity, China, Australia, U.S.

Solar thermal energy making a comeback

June 7, 2007 The first solar thermal project in years has cranked to life, and more will follow. Images: Solar thermal heats up in the desert TAGS: plant, electricity, mirror, project, power

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, blog, blade, Sun Microsystems Inc., server

Cutting solar panels' high price tag

September 25, 2007 Industry luminaries will meet this week at the annual Solar Power 2007 to celebrate booming business. But high costs remain a barrier to wider adoption. TAGS: solar energy, electricity, financing, photovoltaics, Sun Microsystems Inc., barrier, agreement, installation, conference, California

Storing sun and wind power

December 5, 2007 Several technologies are being tested to tie large-scale storage to renewable power sources. Images: Making wind power that lasts all day TAGS: wind power, renewable energy, sun, electricity, energy, technique, utility, battery

Pour yourself a silicon solar panel

October 12, 2007 Start-up claims it can create crystalline silicon solar cells with liquid, cutting manufacturing costs in half. TAGS: solvent, cell, silicon, photovoltaics, sunlight, electricity, LCD panel, manufacturing, LCD

Squeezing green from the data center

August 21, 2007 Sun Microsystems' Bob Worrall has a question for his fellow CIOs: Have you seen an energy bill lately? TAGS: data center, Sun Microsystems Inc., electricity, CIO, information technology, server

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, waste, electricity, trash, alternative energy, debris, energy, turbine, facility, plant, ton, entrepreneur

Wave-power company sinks in IPO

April 27, 2007 Wave-energy company sinks as bubble debate in energy industry continues. TAGS: IPO, electricity, investor

Sweet-toothed bacteria generate power

September 8, 2003 Researchers say the electricity generated by mud-dwelling bacteria from a lump of sugar could power a cell phone for four days. TAGS: bacteria, electricity, electron, researcher, cell phone

Hawaiian firm shrinks solar thermal power

September 14, 2007 It's not as common as solar photovoltaic panels, but Hawaiian start-up Sopogy thinks small-scale solar thermal makes sense.Photos: Concentrating on solar power in Hawaii TAGS: Hawaii, photovoltaics, renewable energy, electricity, project, California

Shrinking the cost for solar power

May 11, 2007 With a big facility and careful planning, it's possible to produce solar power for a competitive price, experts say. TAGS: solar energy, plant, electricity, Morse Plc., facility, expert

Google, Intel target efficient PC power supplies

June 12, 2007 An awful lot of juice meant to power PCs never gets used. Tech companies team up to make PCs and servers run more efficiently. TAGS: Pat Gelsinger, Inter-Tel Inc., electricity, power consumption, power supply, Google Inc., component, senior vice president, server, PC company, PC, Intel, power, California

Plug in your hybrid, pollute less?

April 28, 2006 Maybe yes, maybe no. A lot depends on where you live and how your electricity gets produced. Photos: A souped-up Prius TAGS: electricity, coal, Toyota Prius, pollution, hybrid car, car

Solar star Konarka raises another $20 million

February 14, 2006 Konarka, which specializes in plastics that convert light into electricity, has raised $20 million in its latest round of venture funding. TAGS: plastics, electricity, round, material, start-up
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