Innovative or just silly? You decide. But clearly innovations in the energy space are penetrating mainstream thinking. The relationship between saving energy and saving money has advanced in recent years, with inventors focusing efforts on the next big (or super small) energy breakthrough. Check out the devices below and use the comment section to let… Keep reading →
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The death of the traditional utility business model has been highly exaggerated, to butcher the Mark Twain quote. But that doesn’t mean change won’t happen, and when it does, those companies with a strong ‘ecosystem of innovation’ will be faster to pivot and more likely to survive. The drumbeat of warnings has grown louder that… Keep reading →
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA that hop-scotched across America earlier this year, finishing its epic, sun-fueled cross-continent journey in early July, has since been broken down, packed into a jumbo jet and returned to Europe. An ocean was too big a hurdle for this plane – but come 2015, things could be different for the Swiss… Keep reading →
Energy fields such as light, heat and sound all around us every day, but can we develop a process by which energy can be derived from these external sources and used to power things? The answer is energy harvesting; a process by which ambient energy can be collected and stored for on-demand, off-grid use, with… Keep reading →
The first visible chink in the oil and gas sector’s stance on the Keystone XL pipeline project’s inevitability turned up this week in that house journal of capitalism, the Wall Street Journal. In his provocatively titled article, “U.S. Refiners Don’t Care if Keystone Gets Built,” Ben Lefebvre lists the host of ways that the sector… Keep reading →
The energy sector in New York has reached a turning point, a paradigm shift, a moment of self-awareness that is all too rare in the hustle of the city’s business life. For years the basic truism has been that New York doesn’t really have an energy sector to speak of. While the local super-utility ConEd… Keep reading →
It’s brilliant! Famous gas-guzzling muscle cars re-engineered into modern, fuel-sipping designs that can get 3 times the efficiency of their descendants. Dodge did it with the Charger, Ford with the Mustang and now – perhaps the most famous muscle car of them all – a brand new 2014 Corvette Stingray will soon be released. After… Keep reading →
Hoku, Solar and Fuel Cell Aspirant, Bankrupt With $1B in Debt
By Greentech MediaHoku Corp just filed for bankruptcy in Pocatello federal court according to reports in the Idaho State Journal. Hoku started out as a fuel cell membrane and materials company, went public in 2005 on little revenue, and then pivoted to becoming a solar polysilicon manufacturer. The company also tried its hand at solar installation… Keep reading →
The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse landed at New York’s JFK airport Sunday night, capping the team’s historic Across America mission. Solar Impulse was forced to land earlier than planned due to a technical issue. “This last leg was especially difficult due to the damage of the fabric on the left wing. It obliged the team… Keep reading →