solar

Jun
24

James Dyson works on solar-electric car engine

Greenbang loves James Dyson, he of the eponymous vacuum cleaner. She’s not really sure why. It’s just the
1 min read
Jun
17

IBM teams up with TOK on thin film CIGS

Doing a little preliminary Googling on a story today, Greenbang was bombarded by adverts for “cheap red wine and white
1 min read
Jun
17

Intel spins off solar unit with $50m funding

While SpectraWatt may be a name better suited to a nefarious criminal gang on the wrong side of The Avengers,
1 min read
Jun
16

Solar panels: the new curtains

Greenbang is very much down with the whole microgeneration thing. If Greenbang had her way, all outdoors workers, from tree
2 min read
Jun
11

Duke roofs sport $100 million of solar panels

If you happen to be wandering through North Carolina any time soon, take a look at the roofs as you
1 min read
Jun
06

FTL Solar guns for $50m after VC injection

Greenbang’s never thought of the military as being a particularly flexible bunch. Take Action Man. He’s so inflexible
1 min read
Jun
05

Airtricity founder comes back with €200m renewables plan

How do you follow up a massive success? If you’re the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, the simple answer
2 min read
Jun
05

Roofer, insulator and electrician? Green needs you!

Are you a sheet metal worker, machinist, truck driver? Roofer, insulator and electrician? There’s a whole world of green
2 min read
Jun
03

Microgeneration - with grants, it'll thrash nuclear

If you listen to the Guardian, microgeneration (solar panels on people’s roofs and similar wee energy projects) could soon
2 min read
Jun
03

Bosch buys Ersol for €546.4 million

Why multinational Bosch would fancy naming itself after a Hieronymus Bosch, a fella who specialised in visions of hell and
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