Stories Tagged as
Renewable energy
IBM uses big data to get smarter on energy
by
Molly Wood
Aug 15, 2013
How the company translates tidal waves of real time data to make renewable energy plants more efficient by predicting the weather.
Poop power: A new generation of companies bet on a different renewable energy (Infographic)
Jun 12, 2013
It's been tried before, but a new generation of companies is hoping that manure will become the next solar.
Does the fracking boom kill renewables?
by
Scott Tong
Jan 25, 2013
We ask Ethan Zindler of Bloomberg New Energy Finance if a clean energy boom and the expansion of fracking are mutually exclusive.
Major wind farm opens in Oregon
Sep 26, 2012
One of the world's largest wind farms officially came online this week in Eastern Oregon, with 300 giant turbines spread over dozens of miles. But the announcement comes at a time of uncertainty for the industry.
U.S. pledges $2 billion loan to South Africa for clean energy
Aug 7, 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in South Africa this morning along with other U.S. leaders. Among them, the head of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, which has just announced a $2 billion loan to South Africa. That's to help the country fund green energy projects with U.S. companies.
China to ask for environmental funding at Rio summit
by
Rob Schmitz
Jun 15, 2012
Next week world leaders will meet for the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development to figure out how to improve the well-being of people around the world without wrecking the planet in the process.
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Saudi Arabia goes solar
by
Eve Troeh
May 11, 2012
The world's largest oil exporter isn't necessarily concerned about saving the planet. It's about being able to export even more crude.
U.N. meets to chart future of energy
by
Eve Troeh
Jan 16, 2012
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is set to declare the Year of Renewable Energy for All.
Renewable energy set to grow in 2012
by
Eve Troeh
Jan 2, 2012
A major government incentive for solar power expired this week, but now bigger companies may benefit from a tax break.