Japan Boosts Carbon Credits Investment in Emerging Markets
This week the government of Japan inked an agreement that will permit Japanese firms to earn carbon credits within the southeast Asian nation of Laos.The post Japan Boosts Carbon Credits Investment in...
View ArticleDisney Upgrades 2013 Carbon Offsetting Goals
The Walt Disney Company has been steadily working at reducing its greenhouse gas emissions since 2006. It's one of only a handful of corporations on the planet that sets its own internal carbon...
View ArticleUS Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Nearly Double In 2013
Sales of plug-in electric and hybrid vehicles almost doubled in the U.S. between 2012 and 2013, with an 84 percent jump to 96,600 of the vehicles sold.The post US Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Nearly...
View ArticleBusiness Leaders Call on Congress to Extend Clean Energy Tax Credits
Looking to avoid onset of a "bust" in the renewable energy sector, 302 U.S. businesses and associations have sent Congress a letter urging passage of the EXPIRE Act, which would extend key clean energy...
View ArticleClean Tech Leadership Index Ranks States and Cities
This week Clean Edge released its 2014 Clean Tech Leadership Index, which tracks clean technology progress in all 50 states, as well as the top 50 metropolitan areas in the U.S.
View ArticleCalifornia Pulls Out All Stops to Land Tesla Gigafactory
California is making the charge to woo Tesla Motors's proposed "Gigafactory" with an incentive package that could be worth up to a half billion dollars.
View ArticleFord to Launch Largest Solar Array in Michigan
Ford and DTE Energy are partnering to build what the companies say will be the largest solar array in Michigan.
View ArticleReport: 14 U.S. Offshore Wind Projects in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Development
The U.S. is playing catch-up, but notable progress is being made as 14 U.S. offshore wind projects are in the advanced stages of development, according to the third annual DOE assessment of the U.S....
View ArticleMercedes Conceptualizes Solar Paint
Mercedes rolls out Vision G Code concept car which uses revolutionary paint job to utilize solar as well as wind energy, fitted with conventional as well as hydrogen engine.
View ArticleAbu Dhabi Sustainability Week Launches with Award for Al Gore
The 2015 winners of the annual Zayed Future Energy Prize, which included former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, were announced yesterday in Abu Dhabi.
View ArticlePath of First Round-the-World Solar Flight Now Public
Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg of Switzerland announced the path of Solar Impulse 2, the first round-the-world solar flight that starts next month.
View ArticleMasdar Boosts Global Renewable Energy Portfolio with New Projects in Africa
Masdar's latest initiative, another solar energy project in Mauritania, will provide clean energy in seven towns throughout this country of 4 million.
View ArticleDark Horse May Outdo Lithium-Ion Battery Storage
Vanadium-flow batteries offer a much better value proposition than lithium-ion batteries for large-scale energy storage, says Fremont, California-based Imergy.
View ArticleCSR Report Review: Wells Fargo Reaches $37B in Environmental Loans & Investments
Wells Fargo, as disclosed in its most recent corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, has reached $37 billion in environmental loans and investments.
View ArticleShell Inaugurates $1B Carbon Capture Project in Alberta’s Oil Sands
Located about 18 miles northeast of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Shell's new carbon capture and storage (CCS) project will capture about a third of the emissions from an adjacent processing facility.
View ArticleClean Energy Shocker: Emerging Economies Invest More Than Wealthier Nations
Clean-energy investment by emerging economies has surged past wealthier nations, spelling more trouble for the fossil fuel industry.
View ArticleBrooklyn Microgrid Seeks to Disrupt NYC’s Power Monopoly
Brooklyn Microgrids hopes to wean more customers off the local power behemoth known as Con Edison and allow residents and property owners to buy and sell power generated from solar installations.
View ArticleMore Countries Warm Up to Clean Tech
Countries around the world are ramping up their efforts, having realized that clean tech is the future.
View ArticleExtreme Innovation Meets Behavioral Economics
For humanitarian aid groups, tech innovation is just the start. To make a real impact, organizations need to teach communities how items like clean cookstoves and off-grid lighting can make their lives...
View ArticleWith the Acquisition of Opower, Oracle Now an Energy Player
Opower claims its energy-efficiency software has saved consumers over $1 billion in electricity costs. On Monday, cloud-applications company Oracle announced that it would buy Opower for $532 million....
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