What will it take for the U.S. to create a low-carbon energy infrastructure? The answer, according to a big study of America’s “energy innovation system,” is something different from what we have […]
Water Risk in Supply Chains Draws Investor Scrutiny
Jonas Kron is worried about water. The investment adviser at Trillium Asset Management, a $900 million fund manager that focuses on environmentally sustainable investment, fears the world’s dwindling supply of fresh water […]
ClearEdge Power lands world’s largest utility fuel cell deal
Fuel cell maker ClearEdge Power has scored the mother of all utility deals: a 50 MW, $500 million deal with Austrian utility Güssing Renewable Energy. ClearEdge Power VP of Marketing Mike Upp […]
A Fine for Not Using a Biofuel That Doesn’t Exist
WASHINGTON — When the companies that supply motor fuel close the books on 2011, they will pay about $6.8 million in penalties to the Treasury because they failed to mix a special […]
Banking on a Low-Carbon Energy Future
One of the world’s largest banks, London-based HSBC (NYSE: HBC) issued last September a very interesting research report entitled “Sizing the Climate Economy”. At less than 60 pages, it’s an excellent read for those […]
Federal Tax Credits May Handcuff Clean Energy Development
Clean energy advocates should cast aside their worries about increasing Republican scrutiny of energy subsidies. The clean energy industry’s foolish reliance on tax incentives has already handcuffed its expansion. Unlike the leading […]
Germany’s Solar Installs Break Record Amid Race for Subsidy
Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) — Germany added a record amount of solar panels last year as developers raced to beat a subsidy cut in the world’s biggest photovoltaic market.December installations reached 3 gigawatts, […]
GE’s smart grid services highlight a move to the cloud — Cleantech News and Analysis
Two recent wins for General Electric’s Grid IQ offering signal not just where GE is headed. They also suggest two important trends for 2012. First, the move to “cloud-based” hosted services is […]
Energy Efficiency: Cheapest Power Around, but Getting More Expensive
It costs 3.5 cents to save a kilowatt-hour in energy efficiency. That’s really cheap—as long as the low-hanging fruit holds out. Two things you should know about energy efficiency: it’s still the […]
Why Chevy Volt sales matter less than you think
If anyone thought the Chevy Volt would “save” General Motors, take a look at the first-year sales figures. The auto giant yesterday reported that it sold 1,139 Chevy Volts in November, bringing […]
