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Nissan brings its Leaf all-electric car to CNET headquarters. Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
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The latest smart grid programs give alternative storage technologies, including compressed air, flow batteries, and flywheels, a shot at proving themselves at utility scale.
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The state is in the vanguard of addressing climate change, especially in light of slow national action and setbacks for global talks coming up in Copenhagen.
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The second wave of government smart grid funding totals $620 million to install network-savvy grid equipment and to test utility-scale storage.
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The Oyster wave energy converter starts making electricity using a simple design of a flap moved by waves that pumps water underground to an onshore hydro-electric turbine.
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Plant, which produces emissions-free electricity by mixing fresh water and sea water through a special membrane, could someday create enough energy to power 30,000 households.
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The first phase of smart grid standards is due next year but vendors pushing their own home networking options threatens to slow the process, says a NIST official.
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The MIT spin-off finishes a $3 million seed round to pursue a cheap catalyst for splitting water to make hydrogen from clean energy sources.
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Still, the world's second largest oil consumer is taking a cautious approach to introducing tougher diesel and gasoline specifications.
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Dozens of companies are developing tools to ratchet down home energy use as part of utility smart grid programs, but nobody is sure which approach will stick with consumers.
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Al Gore talks about the smart grid and some of the challenges ahead at VentureBeat's GreenBeat conference in San Mateo, California. Originally posted at Web Crawler
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Study finds consumers love the idea of recycling to combat e-waste, but they don't want to foot the bill.
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Pilot project partnering with Nissan on plans for public charging stations announces expansion throughout five U.S. states, as key partner simultaneously touts EV use in China. Originally posted at Planetary Gear
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory licenses carbon nanotube technology to spinoff company for commercialization. Originally posted at Military Tech
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GoodGuide releases a free app that lets you scan an item's bar code and instantly retrieve info on that product's health, environmental, and social responsibility ratings. Originally posted at News - Health Tech
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The California Energy Commission approves a measure to ratchet down power consumption of televisions sold in the state starting in 2011.
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Leading competition for environmental start-ups awards company with a platform for maintaining desired home temperature more efficiently.
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Cellulosic ethanol start-up ZeaChem begins construction on a plant in Oregon that will use a microorganism found in termite stomachs to convert wood into fuel.
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The Spanish site, which just received the necessary permit to start construction, will use hot, liquefied salt to store solar energy once the sun is down.
