Suntech's rooftop PV system earns France's top FIT rate
Suntech Power Holdings’ rooftop solar-energy system has won the approval of France’s evaluation committee for building integrated photovoltaic products,
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China's growing power demands bring new opportunities
Siemens Energy is among those looking to tap into China’s fast-growing market for ultra-high-voltage power network technologies. The company
China solar firm plans 1GW production expansion
China’s aggressive push into the world’s solar energy markets is taking another jump forward with China Sunergy’s
Sweden to store wind power with grid-based batteries
A Swedish utility company plans to test a grid-connected system of batteries designed to store wind energy during times of
RIP Google PowerMeter, 2009 - 2011
Just a little over two years old, Google’s PowerMeter is heading for the search giant’s dustbin of history.
A wind farm sprouts before your eyes
This time-lapse video from Puget Sound Energy (PSE) shows the recent assembly of three large wind-power turbines over a 48-hour-period
Best Buy, GE team up to fast-track smart device sales
Best Buy has teamed up with GE to fast-track the commercial availability of two energy efficiency technologies singled out last
Tucson utility aims for 7x more solar energy by 2014
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is on track to add what will be its largest single source of solar energy yet.
Meter-related energy savings are small, but can add up
A major energy-use research project just published in the UK finds that, while individual households equipped with smart meters might
Utility-scale solar a 'viable reality,' Amonix says
Now on its seventh generation of concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar technology, Amonix has been around longer — since 1989 — than many
IBM 'camp' hunts for the best energy, tech startups
With a future set to be populated by smart phones, smart meters, smart homes and smart grids, what other “smarts”
UK's future rests with a smarter power grid, group says
A new cross-industry organization in Great Britain will work to promote the development of the nation’s smart energy grid.