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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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Abengoa Solar gets $1.45 billion for Arizona plant
President Obama announces a big federal loan for a big concentrated solar plant in Arizona.
8 | July 6, 2010 4:00am |
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WindFloat: deepwater, floating wind turbines
An American and a Portuguese company venture to build the world's first floating wind farm. A recent study says it just may be possible.
7 | July 2, 2010 4:00am |
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Volkswagen builds eco-friendly car factory in Tennessee
Volkswagen's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee seeks an eco-friendly start for a new line of sedans.
1 | July 1, 2010 4:00am |
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Paris powers up the Seine with hydrokinetic energy
The City of Light aims to make renewable energy fashionable, with the help of its famous river. Paris asks power companies to design turbines to capture the Seine's currents.
7 | June 30, 2010 4:00am |
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Hot rocks bring clean energy to Britain
Researchers break more ground for geothermal in England. Will this be the country's next leading renewable energy source?
3 | June 28, 2010 4:00am |
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U.S. Army to get new hybrid blimps for Afghanistan
Northrop Grumman and British company Hybrid Air Vehicles will soon build blimp-like airships for lengthy reconnaissance missions.
15 | June 25, 2010 4:00am |
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Offshore drilling moratorium goes bust, or does it?
A Louisiana federal court rejects Obama's six-month ban on deep-water drilling, but the Administration isn't backing down.
15 | June 23, 2010 4:00am |
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LCD toxic trash: useful antibiotic?
Researchers look to recycle chemicals in LCD televisions to kill disease-causing microbes.
2 | June 22, 2010 4:00am |
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Ethanol industry hits speed bump
The Environmental Protection Agency delays findings on whether to permit higher concentrations of ethanol in gasoline.
7 | June 21, 2010 9:56am |
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Are the fed's fees for solar on public land fair?
The government announces a new fee system for solar energy projects to set up shop on federal land.
9 | June 17, 2010 4:14pm |
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Death by solar panel: a bug's life
As the solar industry grows, more and more insects are mistaking solar panels for water, with consequences for the food chain. Researchers are seeking ways to end the zapping.
23 | June 17, 2010 4:56am |
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Genetically modifying plants to absorb arsenic
Scientists find the gene in a fern responsible for the plant's incredible arsenic tolerance. Could this spawn improved methods to clearing the toxin from soils?
1 | June 16, 2010 4:00am |
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Afghanistan: the 'Saudi Arabia' of lithium?
Will Afghanistan's newly found minerals provide new prosperity to the country or give it another reason for war?
19 | June 14, 2010 9:01am |
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Whales and wave power: bringing the noise to avoid collisions
Oregon researchers investigate a noise deterrent system to steer gray whales from incoming wave energy buoys.
1 | June 14, 2010 4:00am |
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Goal! Electric soccer balls tap the energy of the World Cup game
Four entrepreneurial women from Harvard University hope to harness the energy of the world's favorite sport to bring power the world's poor.
1 | June 11, 2010 4:00am |
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Tracking the carbon footprint of crops, from the ground up
Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory devise a new method to calculate the comings and goings of carbon within the agricultural industry.
2 | June 10, 2010 4:00am |
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A long-lasting battery from wood-grain alcohol
Researchers get a glimpse of atoms as they seek to create new, refillable batteries for laptops.
11 | June 9, 2010 4:00am |
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Hydrokinetic energy on the Mississippi
A new bill in Louisiana may help Massachusetts start-up Free Flow Energy harness the power of the Mississippi River. Could in-stream technology become the hydro of the future?
20 | June 8, 2010 4:00am |
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Marvin Minsky and Tod Machover talk music and the mind
A trip to the World Science Festival delves into questions of what the human mind is, and what music means to it.
June 4, 2010 4:00am |
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Recycling CO2 waste into synthetic diesel
An alliance forms to commercialize solar tech that may reduce, reuse, and recycle carbon emissions, all while producing liquid fuel.
4 | June 3, 2010 4:00am |