Businesses offer best path to money in smart grid
Dozens of companies are developing tools to get consumers involved in home energy management, but businesses are easier customers to serve, say smart-grid execs.
Posted on 9 March 2010 | 1:20 pm
South Korean bus prototypes use road to recharge
Vehicles with sensor-driven magnetic devices on their underside suck up energy as they travel over the strips embedded just under the road surface.
Posted on 9 March 2010 | 9:02 am
Tuning the energy innovation engine at MIT
This year's MIT Energy conference provided showcase for energy entrepreneurs as investors and executives grappled with how to make giant energy business cleaner.
Posted on 8 March 2010 | 10:29 am
Europe 'supergrid' hopefuls cast fate to wind
The Friends of the Supergrid group of companies says that tying together offshore wind farms would compensate for the variability of wind power.
Posted on 8 March 2010 | 8:48 am
Will 'fun factor' or mandates drive electric car sales?
The first wave of electric cars are targeting consumers willing to pay a premium for a greener machine, but government mandates to get them on the road are also needed, say experts at MIT Energy conference.
Posted on 6 March 2010 | 3:56 pm
A week off the grid and in touch with energy
CNET's Martin LaMonica spends some time visiting an off-grid, solar-powered resort, a place where you're keenly aware of where your energy and water come from.
Posted on 5 March 2010 | 12:32 pm
IBM banks on China's smart-grid efforts
Big Blue, which counts China's leading power grid operator as one of its customers, unveils an Energy and Utilities Solutions Lab in Beijing.
Posted on 5 March 2010 | 9:44 am
In Europe, the hybrids are coming
At the 2010 Geneva auto show, Opel, Audi, BMW, Volkswagen, Toyota, Lexus, and Chevrolet all show off hybrids.
Originally posted at Geneva Auto Show 2010
Posted on 5 March 2010 | 7:45 am
It takes a village (of scientists) to reinvent energy
This week's ARPA-E Summit brought together scientists and entrepreneurs aiming for a breakthrough in energy technology with everything from cheap solar cells to super-efficient gas engines.
Posted on 5 March 2010 | 7:22 am
Toyota's not-so-hot hybrid hatchbacks
Toyota launches the Auris HSD Hybrid and the Lexus CT 200h hybrid at the 2010 Geneva auto show.
Originally posted at Geneva Auto Show 2010
Posted on 3 March 2010 | 7:40 pm