Intelligent Energy

New York start-up ThinkEco introduces the modlet, an electricity-monitoring device to help shut down office vampire loads.

5 | November 11, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

The EPA has issued guidance to big polluters to become more energy efficient ahead of new rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

5 | November 10, 2010 6:48pm | By David Worthington

Many multinational corporations are turning to software to manage their energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Software maker ENXSUITE has $10B under its solution's management.

November 9, 2010 7:07am | By David Worthington

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg calls for more cities to deploy electric taxi cabs during a C-40 Cities meeting. San Francisco is already on its way.

3 | November 9, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

Executives in the renewable energy industry are pondering what a change in government means to their businesses.

38 | November 5, 2010 4:45pm | By David Worthington

As wind turbine designs get larger, Owens Corning develops a new material to help the blades grow big and strong.

5 | November 5, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

Cloud providers are striking to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions with investments in new technology.

2 | November 4, 2010 4:05pm | By David Worthington

Usually under fire for its drilling fluids, hydrofracking for natural gas raises a new concern. Researchers speaking today at a Geological Society of America meeting say it might disturb uranium...

19 | November 2, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

Researchers discover egg membranes can absorb seven times their weight in carbon dioxide. An interesting solution but don't put all your carbon sequestration hopes in this basket.

10 | November 1, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

Tesla Motors, in partnership with Toyota, has re-opened a shuttered automotive plant in California, which promises to create up to 1,000 jobs by 2012.

1 | October 29, 2010 3:40pm | By David Worthington

The FTC has mandated that televisions manufactured after May 10, 2011 must include EnergyGuide labels that display their estimated annual energy cost.

October 28, 2010 2:42pm | By David Worthington

A new federal program is necessary to absorb the incremental cost of hybrid trucks before business will buy them, says one environmental consultant. What do you think?

5 | October 27, 2010 2:15pm | By David Worthington

The EPA and Transportation Department propose the first greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

4 | October 27, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

Some of the biggest names in the consumer electronics industry have taken few steps to reduce or eliminate toxic substances in their prudent, but several have leap ahead significantly, according...

October 26, 2010 6:41pm | By David Worthington

Scientists have been exploring how to best produce hydrogen from water for use as a fuel, without using electricity to do so. At Purdue University, they look to the sea.

24 | October 26, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

As the first commercial runway to outer space opens in New Mexico, a new study predicts the atmospheric costs of space tourism.

32 | October 25, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

Meet Wavebob, one of 45 energy devices about to enter the growing wet world of wave and tidal power.

3 | October 22, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

Algae producer Aurora Algae has turned to what it deems as higher value markets in food and pharmaceuticals to support future biofuel production.

4 | October 21, 2010 4:54pm | By David Worthington

Are you done with that artificial pacemaker? University of Michigan doctors hope to kickstart a hand-me-down program across the world for these costly lifesavers.

3 | October 21, 2010 5:15am | By Melissa Mahony

China has extended its bank on rare earth elements to the United States, escalating a trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.

18 | October 20, 2010 2:29pm | By David Worthington