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January 2008

Scientists generate electricity from raindrops

Scientists over in Grenoble are trying to recover energy caused by the vibration of raindrops as they fall and use it to power

ReneSola makes stock market debut

If you were feeling a little queasy after all the bad news on solar stocks, an IPO out of China seems to be

Intel picks up green electricity title

Intel has had an image makeover — not content with presenting itself as the world’s biggest chip maker, it’s now gunning for the

Food giants to save 140 million litres of water

In a press release last year, Envirowise warned that companies are chucking the equivalent of 40 bottles of champagne the drain every minute.

Enphase picks up $6.5 million for solar management

Solar panels can be quite difficult to manage can’t they? It’s always “bring me a sandwich” or “I want to play Playstation” or

Solel raises $105 million

It seems if you’re in solar at the moment, just shake the nearest tree and a VC with a big fat wad of

Sewage the answer to water shortages?

Desalination is one method of tackling water shortages under consideration around the world. Here’s another, from Science Daily: Amid growing water shortages in

Wal-Mart gets kitted out with solar

Wal-Mart is often seen to the environmental lobby as Pete Doherty is to the anti-drugs movement or Jeremy Clarkson is to dress sense.

George Dubya promises $2bn for clean tech

In between inventing new words, like normalcy, looking simian and generally embarrassing himself with quotations like “More and more of our imports come