Are hopes for a low-carbon economy fading?
A lot of hope has been placed on developing affordable, scalable technologies that can grab carbon out of the emissions
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In Afghanistan, energy efforts are 'opportunity squandered'
For a fascinating and in-depth — if also somewhat despair-inducing — account of efforts to build a modern energy infrastructure in Afghanistan,
GE teams with firm planning 1,000 MW of new wind power in India
GE is joining forces with a company planning to develop one gigawatt — that’s 1,000 megawatts — of wind-energy projects
Energy for all by 2030? It can be done, IEA says
The latest report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) is classic good news/bad news: The good news: By 2030,
US subsidies for oil and gas dwarf support for renewables
Subsidies for clean energy are taking a hit these days, particularly in the wake of the bankruptcy of Solyndra, a
Johnson Controls takes building efficiency into the cloud
Johnson Controls has released a new building efficiency solution it says is designed to make it easier to improve the
Seven-city energy partnership saves $1m-plus with efficiency
Seven cities in Washington state have saved more than $1 million on their electricity bills since launching a Home Energy
Fast-growing Nairobi eyes smart tech for livability
Faced with growing pains that might be hard for residents or smaller or quieter cities to imagine, Nairobi could find
distributed energy systems
UK deploys sensor 'army' aimed at building a better energy grid
GE and the UK-based electricity network distribution operator Western Power Distribution (WPD) plan to measure demand and voltage data across
Energy
With more jobs a goal, US to fast-track grid modernization projects
The Obama Administration says it is fast-tracking seven proposed electricity grid modernization projects to “speed the creation of thousands of
electric cars
Convergys, Plug Smart partner for real-time EV charging data
Convergys and Plug Smart are teaming up to provide real-time rating, billing and data management support for electric vehicle charging
ABB controllers drive zero-emissions data center in Iceland
ABB’s programmable logic controllers are helping to run what is believed to be the world’s first zero-emissions data