Wind energy

One region in the U.S. is dominant when it comes to clean tech. Can you guess which one it is?

1 | October 23, 2012 10:56am | By Tyler Falk

Could liquid nitrogen be the next big thing in renewable energy? A group of British engineers think it might be.

1 | October 21, 2012 10:28am | By Sarah Korones

For the first time, Google has lifted the veil on its data centers to give regular folks a peek inside its super-secure facilities.

1 | October 17, 2012 2:54pm | By Kirsten Korosec

Think gold mining, think rivers or inside the depths of mountains. But what about the mountains we create and discard?

October 16, 2012 11:32am | By Charlie Osborne

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about nuclear power.

October 16, 2012 1:22am | By Charlie Osborne

EVs can spew more CO2 than conventional cars. And then there's the toxic process of manufacturing them. Green comes in many shades!

26 | October 15, 2012 3:01pm | By Mark Halper

If global investment in clean energy continues to drop, 2012 could end up as the first down-year in nearly a decade.

October 15, 2012 2:19pm | By Kirsten Korosec

GE ships its 1,000th 2.5-megawatt wind turbine to a massive farm in Romania.

October 15, 2012 12:40pm | By Andrew Nusca

Tokyo Electric Power Co. admits it blatantly failed to take necessary precautions.

11 | October 15, 2012 3:27am | By Mark Halper

If you can't beat 'em, innovate!

1 | October 12, 2012 5:37am | By Mark Halper

We last spotted these colossal blades of glory lumbering along a Danish highway on their way to the wind farm. They made it! Now Denmark stands taller in renewable energy.

13 | October 9, 2012 2:46am | By Mark Halper

Throw jeans in a hot wash and they'll come out smaller. Why should creatures in a warming ocean be any different?

11 | October 5, 2012 3:14am | By Mark Halper

Real-world European experience and recent research show that renewables can achieve high levels of penetration onto the power grid, while increasing resiliency and reducing costs.

42 | October 3, 2012 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

Bill Cosby once asked, "Why is there air?" Today there's a new answer - to store energy.

7 | October 2, 2012 3:52am | By Mark Halper

PARIS -- Big businesses expand renewable resource technology and politicians make promises for green energy, but where exactly will European electricity come from?

9 | September 28, 2012 3:00am | By Bryan Pirolli

General Electric landed nearly $1.2 billion in new orders for heavy-duty gas turbines designed to allow more renewable energy to be integrated into the grid.

2 | September 26, 2012 1:56pm | By Kirsten Korosec

For the first time, Google is buying clean energy from a utility to provide power to its data center in Oklahoma.

1 | September 26, 2012 11:14am | By Kirsten Korosec

Cloud computing platforms, including Amazon EC2, are powering a new market in energy data services.

September 26, 2012 3:15am | By Mari Silbey

Japan backs off a 5-day-old declaration to phase out nuclear power as it continues to agonize over its energy future. Someone should whisper "thorium" into Prime Minister Noda's ear.

17 | September 20, 2012 4:47am | By Mark Halper

Siemens' Fort Madison, Iowa wind manufacturing plant, an example of how clean technology could revive a local economy, is about to take the brunt of job cuts announced this week.

September 19, 2012 12:46pm | By Kirsten Korosec