Dec
28
What's the smart-energy outlook for 2012?
The past year was a busy one for the smart grid, with advanced energy meters and other major grid improvements
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Dec
27
New UN rules could help world's poor go greener
Simple, small-scale green technologies, such as clean cookstoves for poor households, could soon find it easier to get carbon funding,
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Dec
26
Greenbang's top 10 energy stories of 2011
What topics did Greenbang readers find most interesting in 2011? Following is a look at the 10 most-read stories of
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Dec
23
Remembering Brian Robertson of Amonix
Our thoughts today are with the family, friends and co-workers of Amonix CEO Brian Robertson, who passed away Dec. 22
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Dec
23
Could we quit fossil fuels for good?
Coal, oil and natural gas helped power the Industrial Revolution, and make life as we know it today possible. But
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Dec
22
Five key clean-energy materials face 'critical' supply risk
With budget cuts, rampant climate-change denial and a Republican party eager to turn back the clock on efficiency efforts, the
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Dec
22
Off-grid energy: The solution to Africa's 'resource curse'?
Despite being rich in natural resources — including a vast amount of renewable solar energy — Africa remains solidly at the bottom
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Dec
21
Could 'parasite power' change the world?
By 2016, many of the little energy aggravations that inconvenience you today — a run-down cellphone battery, a laptop with dwindling
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Dec
21
Will oil prices hit record highs - or crash - in 2012?
Will 2012 be the year we see oil prices rise to crushing record highs? Or will the cost of crude
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Dec
20
Sub-atomic 'avalanche' could pave way for super solar cells
Researchers at Kyoto University have discovered a way to unleash an “avalanche” of excitons — electron-hole pairs — 1,000 times as
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