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Intelligent Energy
Intelligent Energy brings you the latest news on alternative fuels and renewable power, highlighting the major players, legislation, technology and design involved in making our infrastructure more efficient.
David Worthington
David Worthington
Contributing Editor
David Worthington has written for BetaNews, eWeek, PC World, Technologizer and ZDNet. Formerly, he was a senior editor at SD Times. He holds a degree from Temple University. He is based in New York.
David Worthington
David does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what he covers. Occasionally he consults for other companies; should David cover a topic in which a client is involved, he will disclose this fact in his writing. His views do not represent those of ScaleOut Software.
He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Mark Halper
Mark Halper
Contributing Editor
Mark Halper has written for TIME, Fortune, Financial Times, the UK's Independent on Sunday, Forbes, New York Times, Wired, Variety and The Guardian. He is based in Bristol, U.K.
Mark Halper
Mark has no financial holdings in the companies he writes about. He occasionally travels at the expense of companies or their press relations agencies in order to report on a company or industry event related to it; Mark will prominently disclose this information when appropriate. This relationship will have no influence on his coverage. Companies he covers do not get to review columns in advance, or select or reject topics.
He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Kirsten Korosec
Kirsten Korosec
Contributing Editor
Kirsten Korosec has written for Technology Review, Marketing News, The Hill, BNET and Bloomberg News. She holds a degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She is based in Tucson, Arizona.
Kirsten Korosec
Kirsten does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
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The energy subsidy-blackout link in Egypt
In Egypt, where citizens are dealing with daily power outages that last several hours, subsidies are fueling the country's energy woes.
2 | August 8, 2012 12:51pm |
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Solar bag hauls, purifies water
Big ideas can sometimes start small. Two industrial design students have designed a prototype portable solar water purification system that could save countless lives at a cost of just a few...
2 | August 7, 2012 7:25pm |
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Start-up finds worst energy offenders
A Boston start-up says that the energy solutions market has a goldilocks problem that it can solve by making collecting and analyzing data cost effective for the small commercial sector.
1 | August 5, 2012 6:19pm |
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Caffeine pollutes Pacific Ocean
The cold water off Oregon isn't only thing that could jolt you on your swim. But learn source of the other stimulant, and you might dash back to dry land faster than you can say 'my toes are numb.'
20 | August 3, 2012 4:43am |
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Electric vehicles: a boon for retailers?
Customers driving EVs spend more time in stores when they are plugged in.
4 | August 2, 2012 8:08pm |
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Facebook shares its carbon footprint
Facebook, following in the footsteps of Apple and search engine giant Google, has disclosed its carbon footprint and set a goal to use at least 25 percent clean energy to power its data centers by...
August 2, 2012 12:15pm |
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Higgs Boson finding: Now CERN's really really sure. It's not kidding.
Come out, come out wherever you are already, oh God particle! See what's absolutely certain, and what's not. Includes photos!
4 | August 2, 2012 4:45am |
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India's other power failure (and its opportunity)
India's massive blackout earlier this week exposed a much bigger, more complex problem that's been festering in the world's second-most populous nation for decades.
2 | August 2, 2012 4:00am |
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Scientists invent paper LEDs
Scientists have discovered how LED lighting can be printed onto paper using nanotechnology, making futuristic novelties such as glowing wallpaper and luminescent curtains possible, Sweden's...
4 | July 31, 2012 6:28pm |
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Romney opposes wind tax credit
U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has taken a stance against renewing a tax credit that benefits wind turbine manufacturers. The Obama campaign hopes to make hay of Romney's decision, which...
8 | July 31, 2012 5:39pm |
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LEDs set 'fire' to Olympic rings in London
Fans of Olympic technology can think of the London 2012 games as the LED championships. But with all that use, are they really saving energy?
5 | July 31, 2012 5:11am |
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Chart of the day: Coal power's decline
A record amount of coal power plant capacity will be retired this year. And the trend is expected to continue through 2016.
5 | July 31, 2012 4:00am |
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Alcatraz: Giving new meaning to solar 'cells'
A dark and foreboding prison? Forget it! Welcome to The New Rock, where photovoltaics are going after one of society's most wanted criminals, CO2.
July 31, 2012 3:18am |
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Controversial nuclear technology alarms watchdogs
A controversial nuclear technology is raising alarms bells among critics who claim it may be better suited for making nuclear weapons than lowering the cost of nuclear power and could lead to a...
9 | July 30, 2012 6:43pm |
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An offshore oil revival brews in the Gulf
Deepwater oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico came to screeching halt two years ago in the wake of the BP oil disaster. Today, rig counts have not only recovered, they're poised to hit a new record.
7 | July 30, 2012 1:13pm |
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Becalmed: Wind orders die down
Regulatory uncertainty, subsidy cuts, grid connection woes are taking the puff out of the business.
3 | July 30, 2012 4:56am |
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Oil disrupter: Startup's tech turns natural gas into chemicals
The natural gas boom is often viewed as a great disrupter to coal-fired power plants. But what about displacing oil? One startup has developed a process to turn natural gas into petrochemicals and...
July 30, 2012 3:00am |
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DOE funds next generation coal power technology
Rumors of coal's demise might be greatly exaggerated. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is funding new "clean coal" technologies that would retrofit existing power plants to be in compliance...
4 | July 29, 2012 7:26pm |
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Another Bill Gates cure for the warming planet: Spritz it
A sun bathing glamour puss gets hot by the poolside. She sprays. The same technique could cool down beautiful planet Earth.
26 | July 27, 2012 5:13am |
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Tracking the emissions of megacities (in real time)
Do you know how many greenhouse gas emissions your city is generating right this very minute? Mike Woelk, CEO of Picarro, talks about the startup's emissions tracking technology and its plans for...
1 | July 26, 2012 9:52am |