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GE boosts bets on battery technology
News Part of its US$17 billion Ecomagination initiative, GE is increasing research in batteries for transportation and energy storage on the electricity grid.
Tags: Hardware, Components, Green IT, Battery, Clean Technology, General Electric Co., Carbon Footprint, Storage, lithium-ion, Chrysler LLC
Banks use tech to boost green credentials
News Financial institutions such as Morgan Stanley and HSBC are making environmental issues a key element of their day-to-day business.
Tags: Green IT
Mobile trade group pushes green initiative
News The GSMA launches an initiative with a goal of getting 118,000 new and existing bay stations using renewable energy by 2012.
Tags: Green IT, Mobile/Wireless, Base Station, Mobile, India, Renewable Energy, developing country, blog, industry, biofuel
The final frontier: Solar power from space
News California utility PG&E has contracted with stealth company Solaren to capture solar energy with satellites in space for delivery to Earth via radio frequency.
Tags: Green IT, Satellite, PG&E Corp., Pacific Gas & Electric, Renewable Energy, radio frequency, Earth, scientist, California, radio
Nanotech to solve global warming by 2028
News World's dependency on fossil fuels will end, as nanotech will enable renewable sources such as solar to fully meet global energy needs by 2028, says inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil.
Tags: Nanotechnology, Green IT, Nanotechnology, Geothermal Energy, Global Warming, solar panel, exclusive interview, London, Silicon.com, Earth
Toshiba muscles into solar-energy business
News Company creates unit dedicated to building large-scale power plants using solar-photovoltaic panels.
Tags: Green IT, Notebooks and tablets, Consumer Technology, Sanyo Electric Co., Photovoltaics, Carbon Emission, Sharp Corp., rechargeable battery, natural gas, systems integration
Gartner predicts ray of light for solar tech
News The analyst house has predicted that the photovoltaic market will grow at a 17 percent compound annual growth rate between 2008 and 2013, reaching a US$34 billion revenue in 2013.
Tags: Green IT, Photovoltaics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Gartner Inc., Compound Annual Growth Rate, power generation, revenue, industry, analyst
eSolar, NRG Energy to build solar power plants
News In the second big solar power plant deal in a month, start-up eSolar signs deal to supply equipment to NRG Energy for up to 500 megawatts' worth of solar power.
Tags: Green IT, Photovoltaics, mW, Bill Gross, Renewable Energy, Southern California Edison, natural gas, Idealab, chief development officer, eSolar
IBM, Harvard tap compute cloud for solar research
News A grid-computing project led by Harvard University seeks to identify which organic materials would perform best as electricity-generating solar cells.
Tags: Market research, Green IT, Components, IBM Corp., Computing, Existing World Community Grid Project, nonprofit organization, solar cell, Computer, World Community Grid
A US$5 solar stove for rural poor, paid for by polluters
News The Kyoto Box, an award-winning solar cooker made of cardboard, aims to reach millions for free with the help of the carbon credit market.
Tags: Green IT, Carbon Credit, Carbon Emission, Emission, Kyoto Box, Jan Bohmer, Deforestation, developing country, food, White House
Goldman Sachs stalls Panasonic's Sanyo acquisition
News Sumitomo Mitsui Banking still favors a deal. Should Daiwa SMBC agree, Goldman could be outvoted, giving Panasonic control of Sanyo Electric.
Tags: Green IT, Investments, Battery, Sanyo Electric Co., Sumitomo Corp., Stock, Mitsui & Co., Panasonic, Tokyo, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Bill Clinton: Business is the key to climate change
News Speaking at a green business conference, former U.S. president argues that successful green technology projects lead to more investment and action on climate change.
Tags: Green IT, Conference, Real Estate, Copenhagen, Clinton Global Initiative, financing, energy efficiency, pollution, bank, sustainability
US govt commits US$1.2B to energy R&D
News U.S. President Barack Obama cheers on green-tech businesses, announcing a big increase in energy-related research and a 10-year business tax credit for R&D spending.
Tags: Green IT, Funding, Government, Clean Technology, Research And Development Investment Tax Credit, clean-tech industry, tax credit, job, researcher, Holland
Motorola cranks out phone power
News Cell phone maker Motorola, searching for high-tech ways to extend battery life, will soon offer a method that smacks of kids' toys and Model T cars: windup.
IBM uses liquid metal to boost solar-cell efficiency
News The company's tech increases the power of the sun's rays by a factor of 10, using liquid metal to transfer the resulting heat from solar cells.
Tags: Green IT, Innovation, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Photovoltaics, Cell, Semiconductor, solar cell, researcher, power generation
