Pedal-powered generator lets you charge your phone while you ride

The Atom is a bicycle accessory that charges USB-powered devices using energy generated by the cyclist. This little 300 gram gadget mounts onto your bike and captures your kinetic energy while you cruise around town.

Google tosses $200M at ‘Spinning Spur Wind Project’ to bring its green power to 2 gigawatts

Over the Christmas holidays, Google gave Planet Earth a $200 million gift, with nice little green bow wrapped on top.

Lilliputian’s Nectar puts fuel cells in your pocket, powers your gadgets for two weeks

Who needs a rechargeable battery when you've got portable fuel cells?

Manhattan power to be fully restored by Saturday, says Con Ed

While imagery of a powerless Manhattan is common in disaster movies, it's something New Yorkers have been seeing firsthand since Sandy struck on Monday.

Solving the energy storage problem, Liquid Metal Battery Corp raises $15M with support from Bill Gates

Liquid Metal Battery Corporation, which says it found the solution to storing energy from renewable sources, is getting a new charge in funding.

Led by cleantech investor Khosla Ventures, the battery tech company has raised $15 million in a second …

Beware the king: Zuckerberg’s voting power a risk to shareholders

As VentureBeat’s Jolie O’Dell pointed out yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg managed to strike a deal with some key investors and friends that gives him 57 percent of the shareholder voting power. For a public company, it’s an almost unheard …

Mark Zuckerberg is the ninth most powerful person in the world, says Forbes

On Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful people, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg falls somewhere between the pope and Warren Buffet.

Not bad for a hoodie-wearing college dropout.

Zuckerberg (pictured above onstage with pal Andy Sandberg) is listed …