Patrick tries to kick-start energy tech industry
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As Governor Deval L. Patrick looks at the small but growing cluster of innovative new energy technology companies in Massachusetts, right now looks like 1985 did for biotechnology or 1993 for the Internet and telecommunications.
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon Iron Works has the feel of a World War II-era shipyard, with sparks flying from welders' torches and massive hydraulic presses flattening large sheets of metal. But this factory floor represents the cutting edge of American renewable-energy technology.
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A solar-powered city is about to rise in the Persian Gulf. Why not in the United States?.
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It seems appropriate to crown a "Motley Energy Person of the Year."
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Real Goods Solar gets ready to join the mix.
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Chemists unveil a type of material that could eventually help power plants generate electricity without emissions.
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The energy servicing company should benefit from high utilization and rising rates.
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A new solar breakthrough could expand a subsidiary's business.
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Scientist assess the possibility of building giant solar panels in space in order to meet the planet's rising energy needs.
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Some families are trying to save money and the planet, with energy from backyard turbines.
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A renewable energy system built in the Highlands is to be tried out in the sea off Orkney.
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In Texas, home to some of the world's biggest oil companies, you might think the case for renewable energy would be tough to make. As it happened it was tough, but not impossible.
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Robert Metcalfe, a founder of 3Com Corp. and the engineer who led the development of Ethernet computer networking technology, is taking the helm at a Cambridge start-up that seeks to replace imported oil with home-grown algae.
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He talks about why his firm is pushing for European voltage standards to be adopted in the United States, the myth about fuel-cell technology being carbon-neutral and the new power-design model for PC and chip makers.
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The road to energy independence starts in a cornfield in Nebraska. Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla explains why he believes in biofuels. From Wired magazine.
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A Cambridge start-up that converts coal to clean-burning natural gas will take its cutting-edge process to the next step, building a $25 million demonstration plant near Fall River to ready their technology for full-scale commercial production.
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Even with a boost from higher oil prices and growing concern about global warming, the payoff on most alternative energy technologies seems a ways off.