“Let’s compete a little bit,” Siemens‘ Chief Sustainability Officer Alison Taylor told Breaking Energy.
Competition, she said, will motivate cities that are not ranked near the top of a newly-released Siemens-sponsored report on energy efficiency to implement programs that will improve their score. Keep reading →
The White House‘s recent announcement of several American smart grid initiatives may have been more of a jump onto a rapidly moving train than an original idea.
Smart grid technology is in fact becoming increasingly popular around the world. IBM’s announcement of two new smart grid initiatives, in Brazil and Korea, points to a tremendous change that may be imminent in global electrical grids. Keep reading →
Q: What do you mean by “interim” solution?”
A: Our national discourse with regard to our energy policy is focused on what is generally referred to as an “energy crisis.” But what we really have is a fuel crisis as a result of the end of cheap, easy oil. Keep reading →
Google shrugged off the impact of its abandonment of the Power Meter initiative this week with the release of a new report that sought to underline just how important data is to developing a clean energy future.
The internet search giant has become increasingly interested in the energy sector across its business, with direct investments in renewable energy projects as well as financing for leasing programs designed to ease domestic solar installations as part of a widening energy portfolio. Keep reading →
Brown may be the new green.
Dominion Virgina Power wants to expanding its efforts to swap coal for biomass, animal and plant waste matter. Keep reading →
Fermentation is one of mankind’s oldest technological innovations, but it is also potentially the key to solving the evolving response to potential fossil fuel shortages.
A key “yeast technology” is at the heart of a takeover deal announced today by Dutch firm Royal DSM for fellow Dutch firm C5 Yeast BV from agricultural processing giant Royal Cosun. The C5 Yeast unit was part of Royal Nedalco, an alcohol unit divested by Cosun earlier this year. Keep reading →
It looks like a window, but this conference room is actually coated in solar panels.
Pythagoras Solar, whose conference room is shown above, was one of five Innovation Award winners last week in GE’s ecomagination contest. The California-based firm has developed a unique transparent photo-voltaic (PV) panel that acts as both a window and an electrical generator. In addition, the panel provides a thermal shading barrier that keep the sun’s heat out of buildings, ideally allowing them to use less energy for cooling during the summer. Keep reading →
Building for speed as well as a reliability is a perennial challenge for the energy industry. Keep reading →
Venture capitalists have repeatedly said they are excited to fund renewables. But they are worried about fledgling companies that have little track record.
GE’s ecomagination Challenge: Powering Your Home may succeed in solving this catch-22 by awarding $63 million to 10 winners, selected from among some 5,000 submissions. The innovation challenge also resulted in 22 new commercial partnerships with GE, all dedicated to smart grid technology and home energy efficiency. Keep reading →
Amid the sharp suits and creative eyewear of New York’s financial analysts and media gathered at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, Peter Duprey emanated the solid, factual presence often associated with Midwesterners.
Duprey’s company, Broadwind Energy of Naperville, Illinois, straddles the line between the traditional fossil fuel economy that industrialized the US and the new cleantech economy that is still emerging around the world. Keep reading →
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