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Gas pipe broadband?

November 11, 2005 Small San Diego start-up is developing technology that lets carriers deliver broadband services through natural-gas pipes. TAGS: UWB, natural gas, pipe, gas company, broadband, San Diego, powerline, microprocessor, intellectual property, AT&T Corp., idea

Microgy lands deals to help it turn cow manure into natural gas

November 13, 2006 Start-up signs on six California dairies to aid it in its efforts to bring natural gas to California homes. TAGS: natural gas, gas, California

Garbage-to-gas system makes its debut

October 25, 2006 University of California at Davis unveils a digester that converts food scraps and other waste into natural gas and methane. TAGS: natural gas, garbage, ton, food

Manure power goes live in Texas

March 27, 2007 After some delays, Microgy starts to ship natural gas made out of cow manure. TAGS: natural gas, carbon, gas, Texas, facility

Fujifilm looks to garbage for energy

June 27, 2007 Maker of imaging devices, photo and copying products to begin using methane gas from landfill to power its nearby manufacturing center. TAGS: landfill, natural gas, Fujifilm, emission, energy, gas, garbage, manufacturing

What you don't eat will heat your home

October 20, 2006 UC Davis is working on technology that turns leftover food bits into biogas, a combination of natural gas and CO2. TAGS: natural gas, CO2, university, restaurant, facility, professor, food, California

Photos: An evolving high-tech center

January 18, 2006 The spike in natural gas and oil prices has kicked off a massive construction boom in downtown Doha, Qatar. TAGS: Qatar, natural gas, photograph

IBM signs $1.6 billion contract with NiSource

June 21, 2005 Under the ten-year agreement, Big Blue will take over the natural gas utility's tech and business support functions. TAGS: natural gas, IBM Corp., outsourcing, agreement, information technology, function

Clean cars keep on rolling

August 14, 2008 GM designer shows off pics of Chevy Volt; companies tout plug-in hybrid systems; and fleet of hydrogen-powered vehicles makes cross-country trek. (By CNET News' Green Tech writers) TAGS: Chevy Volt, green tech, Martin LaMonica, natural gas, designer, vehicle

Saving wind power for later

March 27, 2007 Start-up General Compression looks to commercialize concept for storing electricity generated by wind turbines using compressed air.Image: Pumping wind power underground TAGS: turbine, wind power, wind, electricity, natural gas, company executive, operation

To clean coal, start-up GreatPoint makes gas

August 27, 2007 Reviving 1970s-era technology, an ambitious company says it can turn dirty coal into cleaner natural gas. TAGS: coal, natural gas, carbon, plant, cleaner, entrepreneur, energy, start-up, U.S.

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

Facing oil's expensive future

November 22, 2005 If you think it costs a lot to run your car now, just wait till 2030, when prices could climb 32 percent over current rates, says economist. TAGS: barrel, natural gas, Qatar, fuel, region, oil company, economist, investment, increase, transportation, nation, Middle East

Week in review: New breezes blowing in energy tech

March 30, 2007 Wind power, hydrogen fuel, even manure--that's the stuff that start-up dreams are made on. TAGS: natural gas, turbine, hydrogen, carbon, global warming, existence, Week in review, reader

Shell, Exxon Mobil tout a cleaner fuel for megacities

November 23, 2005 The Axis powers tried to make gas from coal during World War II. New technology makes the process cleaner and more efficient. TAGS: Exxon Mobil Corp., Qatar, natural gas, coal, carbon, barrel, plant, fuel, gas, food, Europe

Turning sewage sludge into gasoline

June 28, 2006 To help Israel become a little less dependent on fossil fuel imports, engineers are looking in the sewer. TAGS: Israel, natural gas, gasoline, fossil fuel, oil, facility, venture capital, process, U.S.

Red light for green-tech start-ups?

January 29, 2008 A funding gap, made worse by a softening economy, could create a wall for clean-tech start-ups despite a favorable long-term environment. TAGS: CMGI @Ventures, natural gas, IPO, venture capital, sector, start-up, investor, facility

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.

Gas from manure: Big plant to open

September 25, 2006 Microgy starts filling its first thermophilic digesters, which use microbes to turn smelly waste into biogas. Photos: Barnyard energy TAGS: plant, natural gas, company representative

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.
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