Wind energy is a favorite, next to solar power, for replacing our dependance on fossil fuels. it continues to grow as does our energy use.
Editor's Pick Swedish company with Silicon Valley talent has raised $11 million to make solar power more efficient.
Clean Power Finance raises a third round from VCs and utility companies to grow its marketplace and suite of tools and services that seek to drive the mass-market adoption of residential solar.
Everybody Solar is helping charities like the Bay Area low-income home rehab volunteer organization Rebuilding Together Peninsula go green by accessing the free energy of the sun -- with free solar panels, to boot.
President Barack Obama's state of the union address focused on innovation, jobs, education, health-care ... and green technology.
Green tech picked up speed again in 2012, thanks to groundbreaking research, huge advances in efficiency, and a little company called Tesla.
SolarCity's stock soars on its first day of trading, after a last minute share price cut.
Green tech company solar city files a $200 million initial public offering.
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It’s a question that puzzles many CEOs: Is going solar the right choice? Even though solar is the most mature renewable technology, tested in multiple residential and commercial installations, business leaders are still uncertain about making the move. As rebates …
The U.S. Department of Energy wants normal Americans to start using solar energy in their everyday lives. To that end, it’s just granted $2 million to Solar Mosaic, a sort of Kickstarter for solar projects.
Solar Mosaic is still in …
Solar company Nanosolar believes that solar panels don’t have to be heavy slabs. That’s why it developed a way to print solar cells as thin as a sheet of aluminum foil.
Nanosolar announced today it has raised $70 million in …
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Apple released its 2012 Facilities Report today, revealing the company’s data center in North Carolina will be powered by America’s largest end user-owned solar array.
It’s easy to peg Apple as a villain these days, given the situation with workers …
While the implosion of solar power company Solyndra has seemingly cast a shadow on the viability of the solar industry, that hasn’t stopped Google from investing $94 million in photovoltaic (generating power through solar radiation) projects in California.
Google says …
Despite the trouble with Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant following that country’s devastating earthquake, Microsoft co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates still hasn’t given up on nuclear power.
In a conversation with Wired Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson today at the magazine’s third …
Here’s what’s happening today on the GreenBeat:
Wind and solar stocks jump in wake of Japanese nuclear crisis. Shares of
clean energy equipment makers are rising as much as 27 percent for the second day in a row. Analysts speculate …
Government incentives and a rich pool of investors will make this a good year for solar projects, but one big question lingers — what will happen in 2012?
“There’s a tremendous pool of capital out there … a deep and …
Here’s the latest action we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
Transphorm unveils first product — The company unstealthed last month with $38 million backing from investors like Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, showing off technology that can save energy losses …
Here’s the latest action we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
Solyndra star fades, admits to mistakes — Once-bright rooftop solar startup Solyndra (pictured) has had its share of troubles lately. After raising $1 billion, the company was forced to slash …
Here’s the latest action we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
Nexterra Systems raises $15M for biomass power — The Candian company raised the cash from ARC financial and Tandem Expansion Fund. It makes small-scale biomass gasification systems that generate renewable …
