Finance

Google has invested nearly US$1 billion into renewable energy. Its latest commitment to finance a wind power project in California is intended to attract further investment into the sector.

4 | June 22, 2011 6:00pm | By David Worthington

The U.S. and U.K. are falling behind China, Germany, Italy and India in cleantech investment. Here's a look at global financing in 2010, according to Pew research.

2 | March 29, 2011 8:48am | By Andrew Nusca

Creating a renewably powered grid is easy compared to crafting a new regulatory framework that will make utility investors whole during the transition.

20 | April 17, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

Architecture firm Foster + Partners has won a competition to design a 99-acre arts and culture district in Hong Kong. Can it help the city distance itself from its reputation for finance?

March 10, 2011 7:48am | By Andrew Nusca

General Electric and Better Place, which provides electric vehicle infrastructure, said Wednesday they have formed a broad partnership designed to speed up EV adoption via standards, financing and...

2 | September 22, 2010 4:45am | By Larry Dignan

A non-profit science based public advocacy group has published a report concluding that the nuclear power industry would never have been viable without a plethora of taxpayer financed subsidies.

22 | February 23, 2011 6:31pm | By David Worthington

The rise of complicated financial products has attracted a new breed to Wall Street: the engineer.

June 7, 2012 6:21pm | By Claire Lambrecht

Finance has adopted decision support – why are we in medicine the last to adopt data-driven decision making?

2 | November 15, 2010 5:34am | By Dana Blankenhorn

With many states focusing on producer responsibility as the back-bone of their electronics recycling programs, more retailers and manufacturers might do well to consider innovations in leasing,...

5 | January 18, 2011 9:18am | By Heather Clancy

Smart grid energy storage heats up: Colorado-based Ice Energy announced that it raised $24 million in Series C financing.

3 | October 18, 2010 7:25am | By Andrew Nusca

Turning to the 'wallets of the crowd' for financing arts and other small projects.

5 | December 15, 2010 8:25pm | By Joe McKendrick

Several hundred million dollars in capital financing has been invested into the solar manufacturing industry this week, and further investment is planned.

December 15, 2010 3:56pm | By David Worthington

Terra-Gen Power has closed financing to build what it claims will be the largest wind energy farm in the U.S.

7 | July 22, 2010 2:34pm | By David Worthington

The financial impetus of finding a baldness cure could finance an important line of cancer research.

12 | April 16, 2010 5:57am | By Dana Blankenhorn

A report released today looks back at what shaped the solar market in 2012 and provides a peek at trends emerging this year.

9 | March 14, 2013 11:13am | By Kirsten Korosec

Electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla, a U.S. DOE loan recipient, has some news about when it will pay taxpayers back.

31 | March 13, 2013 8:01pm | By David Worthington

Anecdotal article about four "smart cities" underscores the critical roles of training and creative financing in the green jobs movement.

October 28, 2009 2:38pm | By Heather Clancy

The result is that Republicans on Senate Finance now face the choice between a Baucus bill lacking all the elements of reform the President previously laid out -- a public option, employer...

7 | July 28, 2009 7:31am | By Dana Blankenhorn

J. Michael Horowitz of the Stanford Group moderates a discussion on 'green' finance and operational and maintenance costs associated with new solar projects at the Intersolar Conference 2008 and...

July 16, 2008 8:52am

It's a nebulous endeavor with no obvious milestones or endpoint. But if it works, a brain map could lead to cures for conditions ranging from Alzheimer's to PTSD.

5 | April 3, 2013 2:12pm | By Janet Fang