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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
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Monitor Power Off 2
Click to switch off monitor in order to save electricity. TAGS: electricity, monitor
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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, installation, agreement, conference, California
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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
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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, electricity, material, energy, temperature, degree, environment
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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
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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: electricity, turbine, facility, generator, water, pressure, power, utility, California
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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
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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
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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, LCD panel, electricity, manufacturing, LCD
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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
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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, waste, trash, debris, alternative energy, energy, turbine, facility, plant, ton, entrepreneur
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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
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Full steam ahead for Nevada solar project
March 12, 2007 A new power plant in the desert taps into solar-thermal energy to pour on the electricity for nearby Las Vegas.Images: Solar thermal heats up in the desert TAGS: plant, electricity, Nevada, heat, power, Las Vegas, project, utility
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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, Australia, China, U.S.
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FAQ: A concentrated power boost for solar energy
August 1, 2007 Using very different designs, several companies are focusing the sun's energy onto solar cells to lower the cost of solar electricity.Photos: More solar bang for the buck TAGS: photovoltaics, solar energy, cell, sun, electricity, silicon, FAQ, energy, technique, CEO
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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
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Solar cell breaks efficiency record
December 6, 2006 It converts almost 41 percent of light that hits it into electricity, almost double the efficiency of current commercial cells. TAGS: cell, electricity, sunlight, efficiency, solar energy, silicon, Sharp Corp., material, semiconductor, barrier
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Dishing out power with a solar engine
October 25, 2006 Infinia looks to an existing technology--the Stirling engine--to compete in solar-electric industry.Photos: Retro energy-harness TAGS: photovoltaics, electricity, power generation, engine, energy, power, California
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Portable power from trash
June 22, 2007 AgriPower has developed a "virtual landfill" system that can produce electricity and heat by burning anything from nuts to old tires. Photo: Energizing trash TAGS: waste, Combined Heat and Power, electricity, heat, generator, production, process

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