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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

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, dollar, energy, goal

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

MIT-led study finds geothermal energy potential untapped

January 22, 2007 Heat mining technology can be improved and deployed broadly to generate clean electricity, says an Energy Department-sponsored report. TAGS: energy, fossil fuel, electricity, professor, U.S.

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

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, sun, cell, electricity, silicon, energy, FAQ, technique, CEO

Energy hogs in your living room

November 22, 2005 What your plasma TV, digital video recorder and other gadgets are doing to your electricity bill. It's not pretty. TAGS: electricity, energy, TV, adapter, consumer electronics, video recorder, TiVo Inc., set-top box, plasma TV, DVR, digital video, LCD, music player, recorder, electronics, digital camera

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

Microsoft vs. Google: Who's greener?

June 6, 2006 The two Internet companies work to reduce energy use and promote sustainability as product battle heats up. Photos: Green companies TAGS: campus, emission, solar energy, electricity, data center, energy, Silicon Valley, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., California

Does the solar industry need a Salesforce.com?

March 30, 2007 SunEdison's Jigar Shah talks about how simpler business models can make solar power cost-effective--even without technology breakthroughs. TAGS: solar energy, financing, Salesforce.com Inc., Staples Inc., electricity, energy, investor, conference, CEO

Keeping track of sun's power

October 13, 2006 Solar energy monitor doesn't sound exciting, but it could take financial sting out of putting panels on a building. TAGS: solar energy, utility company, Staples Inc., electricity, sun, arrangement, monitoring, grid, round, San Jose, energy, monitor

Verizon heeds call of fuel cells

August 7, 2006 Worried about prices and power outages, the telecom company is a case study of a business out to deliver its own energy. Photos: Verizon fuel cell project TAGS: fuel cell, Verizon Communications, alternating current, energy, natural gas, facility, electricity, grid, power, New York, backup

Pumping power onto the grid from your basement

August 10, 2006 GridPoint has developed Net-connected energy storage appliances, which it says will save money by using electricity off-peak. TAGS: appliance, basement, grid, electricity, energy, utility, PC

Notebooks squeeze juice out of fuel cells

March 2, 2005 Wireless USB and technology that harvests unused electricity in computers are among other innovations at Intel conference. Photos: Chip tech takes new shapes TAGS: fuel cell, wireless USB, hydrogen, notebook computer, demonstration, electricity, Texas Instruments Inc., USB, motherboard, energy, power consumption, Intel, MP3 player, LCD, conference, MP3
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