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GigaOm: "It’s been hard to avoid the elephant in the room at the fourth annual National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas on Tuesday. 
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According to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the consumption of engery from renewable sources recently topped both the current and the historical consumption levels for nuclear energy.
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Dynamic windows are being manufactured by innovative companies like Soladigm and Sage. But what if you could get these smarter windows without buying a new one? A smart, simple and effective idea: electrochromic film.
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TheSolarMap has released a breakthrough solar potential technology that applies a map-based platform to assess the solar potential for any building in the world. This mapping platform development combined with a new marketing engine enables TheSolarMap to connect solar representatives with their local communities.
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This is a scientific paper, not a business news. But cold fusion could be such a game changer... A detailed Qualitative Approach to the Cold Fusion Nuclear Reactions of H/Ni Journal of Nuclear Physics
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Google, a leader of innovation in the digital economy, says that without a private and public focus on innovation in renewables, storage, and electric vehicles, the cost of delaying the clean energy economy could be in the trillions of dollars.
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The energy cost in the Caribbean is the highest in the Western Hemisphere and amongst the highest in the world. The cost of energy in various islands range from as low as US$0.20/kwh to as high as US$0.37/kWh.
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In green tech, there are a few markets — solar and efficiency come to mind — where startups stand a halfway decent chance of becoming a going concern or a ripe acquisition target.
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Solar company BrightSource says it employs between 60 to 100 biologists at any time to make sure animals in the desert surrounding its inaugural solar plant Ivanpah are unharmed.
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Steve Jobs unveiled a plan for a new Apple campus, spaceship shaped, powered by its own low emissions power plant and with much more green space. "Green Design Will Save the World". Watch the video.
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To improve efficiency in a 10,000-square-foot datacenter managed by NTT in San Jose, Vigilent shut off nine of the 14 air conditioners. Power consumption went down dramatically. But so did the ambient temperature.
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Maine, one of the most oil dependent American states, has passed a law that requires the region’s oil consumption to be reduced by 30 per cent by 2030 and 50 per cent by 2050, based on 2009 levels.
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Some are expecting the cleantech graveyard of startups to start filling up. But how companies wind down, sell off their assets, or morph into slimmer versions of their former selves, is a personal choice for the companies and investors.
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The car, in particular the electric car, is the latest device to get plugged in to the cloud. Coulomb Technologies, which makes networked electric-vehicle charging stations, plans to start selling cloud-based services to allow charge-station owners to manage charging and billing. The service also uses the cloud to connect an EV driver to the nearest charging station and deliver on-demand support and billing services.
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While the clean-energy sector is very much a boy's club, women are starting to break down the clubhouse door. Meet 12 of the most savvy and accomplished interlopers.
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Jeremy Rifkin, the founder and president of the Foundation On Economic Trends, talks about the impact that climate change will have on human civilization and what can still be done if we want our species to continue existing.
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As rosy fingered dawn touched Pasadena and extended into Santa Monica yesterday morning, we confirmed that the storm had indeed passed: Carmageddon is over.
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The future of clean power and greener transportation is being carried by FarmVille and online coupons — at least in terms of venture capital portfolios.
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On the island of Jeju off of South Korea, a smart grid revolution might be underway. The project, which has already been in the planning stages for years, is not merely a pilot to test a home area network or a few smart switches on the grid.
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Two of many challenges developing countries face are unsafe water and a lack of affordable energy.
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Low power server maker SeaMicro has raised another $20 million in funding. The company has now raised $60 million total from venture capitalists and strategic partners, and will use the funds to “continue to support our rapid growth, add engineers and engineering resources, expand our sales organization both domestically and internationally and build out our marketing organizations.”
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Will the unrest in the Arab world put massive solar projects like Desertec on hold or actually usher in a new era of clean energy?
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The rare metals that go into clean technology are already in short supply. Without a way to get them out of our old electronics, we could run out before we know it. Try as we might, it's impossible to fashion wind turbines, solar panels, and electric vehicles out of thin air. These technologies are complex, and many different materials go into their production.
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