Cleantech

The White House has seized upon remarks by a Republican Congressman who said that the United States is incapable of competing against China to produce renewable energy technologies.

8 | October 5, 2011 3:33pm | By David Worthington

To pursue a clean energy agenda, follow the U.S. military's lead and focus on issues both political parties can get behind, former Colorado governor Bill Ritter said Tuesday at the inaugural SXSW...

1 | October 5, 2011 3:00am | By Andrew Nusca

Utility-scale wind farms that contain hundreds of towering turbines might be more visible, but their Lilliputian brethren are gaining market ground.

4 | October 4, 2011 4:07pm | By Kirsten Korosec

Boston-Power once dreamed of building a battery factory in the United States. Now it plans to reduce its U.S. operations and expand in China.

5 | September 20, 2011 3:52pm | By Kirsten Korosec

Ecuador is preparing to kick off the second phase of a project intended to completely overhaul 200,000 electricity meters, with help from GE and Trilliant.

1 | September 20, 2011 10:50am | By Andrew Nusca

GE Energy has landed $3 billion in deals focused on everything from natural gas to wind turbines to water treatment.

2 | September 20, 2011 7:32am | By Larry Dignan

Biofuels company Mascoma filed an IPO on Friday, providing the first public peek at the guts of the business.

2 | September 16, 2011 5:20pm | By Kirsten Korosec

The average U.S. citizen consumes 37 times the amount of the average Kenyan.

10 | September 16, 2011 6:41am | By Heather Clancy

Billionaire and cleantech investor Vinod Khosla has invested in a stealth hamburger company that aims to make meat a more efficient energy source.

September 14, 2011 9:36am | By Kirsten Korosec

One Block Off the Grid, the startup that offers Groupon-style discounts for solar installations, put together an infographic to debunk some commonly held beliefs about the renewable energy source.

2 | September 9, 2011 9:33am | By Kirsten Korosec

The performance of the world's two largest greenhouse gas emitters -- the United States and China -- significantly lags their European counterparts.

3 | September 8, 2011 4:49am | By Heather Clancy

Gorgeous, light-filled, and able to generate twice as much energy as it requires, the Living Light house is the ultimate in freestanding homes

16 | September 7, 2011 7:58am | By Christopher Mims

GE CEO Jeff Immelt has been on the job for a decade and there have been many cleantech bets along the way.

3 | September 5, 2011 7:05pm | By Larry Dignan

Solyndra's bankruptcy has ignited a debate over what caused the startup to collapse. A look at the company's business model and the global solar market and it's hard to imagine a different outcome.

14 | September 1, 2011 10:48am | By Kirsten Korosec

American solar system manufacturer Solyndra will suspend operations immediately and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. To blame: foreign rivals and a global glut of panels.

10 | August 31, 2011 9:55am | By Andrew Nusca

Say hello to new Intelligent Energy editor Kirsten Korosec, who will cover the Silicon Valley cleantech startup sector.

August 30, 2011 10:18am | By Andrew Nusca

At a press event held by Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., clean-tech executives from Tesla Motors, Panasonic, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers discuss the challenges for electrified...

2 | August 26, 2011 3:18pm

Facing dim prospects for funding, the clean technology industry is shifting its focus from developing new inventions to commercializing existing ones.

1 | August 26, 2011 6:37am | By Andrew Nusca

Cleantech startup Bridgelux breaks a lighting industry record for LED efficiency using gallium nitride-on-silicon technology. Can it bring down the price of LED light?

August 9, 2011 8:39am | By Andrew Nusca

Fuel cells promise clean, reliable energy on location. But a key, pricey component wears out in just a few years. Can Bloom Energy and others find a solution?

August 8, 2011 6:36am | By Andrew Nusca