April 2008
Smart meters: not coming to a home near you anytime soon
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Xunlight lands $22m thin-film funding, new venture
Thin film firm Xunlight might not win any prizes for spelling (but might be useful in Scrabble) but they know how to win the
Oil firm Vitol buys quarter of carbon crediters
When oil folk go shopping, what do they buy? If Dallas is anything to go by, kidney-shaped pools, shoulder pads, ten gallon hats and
Microsoft dishes out funds for power-trimming boffins
Ah, Microsoft. You’ve got to love them. They’ve come up with such great computing innovations as Clippy. You know – that annoying paperclip that
Olympic torch makes more carbon than 624 people
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Smarter energy markets: Another benefit of smart grids
One challenge in connecting more renewables to the grid is how to balance
What is the smart grid?
Governments, energy companies and tech firms all talk about the “smart grid” a
Clean-energy incentives: Here … then gone
Call it penny-wise, pound-foolish (or Euro-foolish) … although “cutting off your nose to
New buildings – even the ‘green’ ones – aren’t so green
The sustainable-living mantra of “reduce, reuse, recycle” is usually
There will be energy … or trade wars … or something
The year 2012 might not see the fulfillment of
