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SmartPlanet stories related to the production and sale of energy from sources such as oil, gas, coal, nuclear and renewable sources.
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U.S. taps Czech Republic for next gen nuclear expertise
Department of Energy ships important material to Prague for testing in advanced reactor.
3 | May 22, 2013 6:12am |
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Coal's U.S. comeback
Old habits die hard. As natural gas prices rise, coal has reversed its slide and surged ahead as the clear leader in electric power generation. CO2? What CO2?
May 23, 2013 12:33pm |
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Spray on solar windows inch closer to market
The big glass panels that are built into skyscrapers could soon produce solar power.
2 | May 12, 2013 7:44pm |
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Consumer confidence slipping in solar, wind
The bloom is sliding off the rose of renewables. Electric and hybrid vehicles losing favor too. What about nuclear?
28 | May 16, 2013 4:51am |
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SunPower ramps up energy storage plans
The solar company's plans to roll out an energy storage product marks a shift within the industry to offer more services.
3 | May 16, 2013 9:36am |
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Tesla pays off $465 million loan nine years early
There's more good news for Tesla.
10 | May 23, 2013 6:35am |
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Fracking envy
Energy analyst Chris Nelder reports from a foreign country deep in the throes of shale gas fever.
35 | May 15, 2013 3:00am |
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Realpolitik: Japan trades nuclear tech to Middle East in exchange for oil
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe securing country's energy and economic future.
7 | May 13, 2013 6:25am |
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The secret U.S.-Russian nuclear fusion project
A small California company thinks it knows how to finally harness fusion power, the Holy Grail of energy. Its latest investor is the Russian government.
4 | May 6, 2013 6:24am |
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New York Times recognizes thorium and other alternative nuclear power
As SmartPlanet has long noted, there are better, safer ways to harness atoms than how the nuclear industry has gone about it for decades. Must be true, because now the paper of record says so.
8 | March 18, 2013 6:14am |
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Is Philips' latest LED lighting innovation a marriage wrecker?
Now you can set your home light bulbs to flash or change color when your sports team scores. Tunable to any alert - stock prices, weather forecast, traffic reports, social media - through the Net.
5 | May 14, 2013 3:43am |
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Russia plowing $32 billion into nuclear over next two years
Business plan: Sell the gas abroad at a huge profit, build nukes at home.
5 | May 10, 2013 5:24am |
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China steps up efforts to export nuclear reactors - including Westinghouse's
Three moves this week demonstrate country's determination to sell nuclear abroad as it builds and plans 150 reactors at home - more than a third of the world's present total.
6 | May 17, 2013 4:42am |
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LED streetlights yanked for alleged brain damage risk
Don't go out at night?
2 | May 9, 2013 3:54am |
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U.K. energy bill could prevent renewable industry growth
Wind power advocates are concerned that community-driven renewable energy projects could be squashed.
May 1, 2013 2:32am |
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Building the world's largest nuclear fusion reactor
BARCELONA -- Part 1 in a two-part series: France and Spain are set to lead the world's biggest, 18-billion-euro physics experiment. What could go wrong?
13 | March 28, 2013 1:44am |
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Alternative nuclear energy race heats up as Canadian company enters
Terrestrial Energy's safe, liquid reactor could be ready in eight years.
10 | April 23, 2013 4:55am |
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Nest connects smart thermostats to the grid
Nest Labs has partnered with several utilities to take the intelligence embedded in its learning thermostat beyond the home and onto the grid.
1 | April 23, 2013 2:29pm |
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New street light design eliminates light pollution
A team of scientists has outlined a new LED street lamp design that could help reclaim the luminosity of the heavens.
10 | April 25, 2013 6:55pm |
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Small-town mayors: the cutting edge of climate action
How two mayors of small towns in right-wing America are showing the way to energy and climate progress: through local action.
29 | May 1, 2013 3:00am |
