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Katie Fehrenbacher

Bio:Katie Fehrenbacher, Editor, Earth2Tech

Katie Fehrenbacher has been covering cutting-edge technology, startups and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley for over 7 years. She is the founding Editor of Earth2Tech, which she launched in July 2007. Prior to starting Earth2Tech she was a Staff Writer for GigaOM where she covered wireless and broadband technology. She has been a Reporter at Red Herring, an Editor at Engadget and began her career as a Reporter in the Silicon Valley bureau of the largest Japanese daily newspaper, the Yomiuri Shimbun.

Latest Tweets

  • RT @mathewi: and so it begins -- all the pretentious and annoying tweets from people at TED, just to prove that they are that special :-)
  • RT @lizgannes: Interesting: Google Buzz was originated by Jthe aiku creators after they were acquired. http://bit.ly/9pEFMB
  • RT @Gartenberg: I love when a character on Lost says "I promise to tell you everything" #snort

My Focus

Greentech
Smartgrid
Energy Management
Green IT

Recent Posts

The famously private investor David Gelbaum, founder of The Quercus Trust, who by his own estimates has between 40 and 50 cleantech investments, as a rule hasn’t done interviews for years. We caught up with him for 10 questions, though. Read More »

As vehicles and the power grid increasingly cross over to the digital realm, and get connected with networks, expect fear and anxiety to emerge. The headlines of yesteryear provide clues as to why. Read More »

The FCC plans to make recommendations for how the National Broadband Plan — due to the U.S. Congress on March 17 — should help shape the fledgling smart grid industry. Interested parties have been submitting their comments, including Cisco. Read More »

This morning at 9:30 PST Earth2Tech is live video streaming an exclusive event from San Francisco, featuring a group of thought leaders discussing killer applications for the smart grid. Tune in to hear from some great speakers! Read More »

We just got the first glimpse at how the FCC will work with the smart grid industry. Nick Sinai, the new Energy and Environmental Director, said the organization will make recommendations for bringing broadband to the smart grid. This will be game-changing for carriers and others.… Read More »

For cost-related reasons, developing countries have mostly skipped traditional telephone infrastructure and got their first communications via cellular. Similarly, countries that have not built out the power grid to much of their population completely skip the traditional power infrastructure and turn to distributed solar for power. Read More »

Location data is commonly used in the mobile and web industries as a platform for applications. Now, weather data could drive some very important next generation services and applications forward. Read More »

More Must Reads

Networks Could Be 10,000 Times More Energy Efficient: Report

Bell Labs telecom researchers are out with a report that says communication networks are highly inefficient. They note that the networks that run our cell phones, broadband connections, and online infrastructure use a lot more energy than required. Read More »

5 Energy Management Tools Launched at CES

Consumer electronics makers, utilities and software designers have launched some interesting products at CES. How about a Zigbee-enabled thermostat? Read More »

Why Tomorrow’s Solar Leaders Will Hail From Chips

Several events in the solar industry in recent weeks have made clear just how valuable executives with semiconductor chops are to the solar biz, as they can bring decades of knowledge of low-cost chip manufacturing, as well as experience working with suppliers of silicon itself. Read More »

U.S. Commerce Secretary: Entrepreneurs Will Pioneer the Climate Solution

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke told an audience at the Copenhagen climate negotiations on Friday that if history is our guide, the solutions for clean energy will be pioneered by private entrepreneurs and innovators. Read More »

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