Networking giant Cisco held a press event on Tuesday morning showing off a couple of new products for its smart grid initiative, but mostly emphasizing an overall design and architecture for how Cisco sees the entire smart grid network for its potential utility customers. Read More »
First Solar has broken its own record. The company announced Tuesday that it’s able to produce a thin-film solar panel that can convert 14.4 percent of the sunlight that hits it into electricity. The new record exceeds the 13.4 percent it achieved last year. Read More »
Looks like investors are still willing to fund pre-commercial next-gen biofuel startups. Joule — the startup behind the unusual hybrid solar-biofuel technology that launched back in 2009 — announced it has raised a third round of funding of $70 million, bringing its total funding to $110… Read More »
Using text messages or iPhone apps to manage physical devices isn’t all that uncommon — think Zipcar’s door unlocking app or Verizon’s new apps to remotely manage thermostats and lighting. But what about using a missed call to manage crucial resources? Read More »
Startups looking to disrupt the traditional energy industries — oil, coal, gas-burning cars — need to have more than just innovative technology. They need a team and a plan in place that can scale their technologies to compete on the massive scale needed. Read More »
The usual Intel-ARM potshots continued at CES with ARM’s CEO responding to Intel’s new Medfield chip running on smartphones. The CEO conceded that Intel would get some design wins but added, “Are they ever going to be the leaders in power efficiency? No, of course not.”… Read More »
Solar service provider Sungevity under went some serious expansion in 2011 as it began to target the East Coast and overseas, and lined up Lowe’s as an investor and partner. Now following that growth, the startup has started raising a new funding round of $40.8 million. Read More »
Last week eMeter’s Chris King shared his smart grid predictions for 2012. But also, as the new year turns, he says he’s pondering these important questions, too: Read More »
The Internet of Things can help track gadgets to their end of life, whether that’s to a landfill or to a new user. Here is a real-world business example of the latter: EcoATM is connecting its cell phone recycling kiosks using machine-to-machine networking company Axeda’s software. Read More »
Electric car maker Tesla Motor’s stock saw one of its sharpest drops in months on Friday on the news that two of its execs have left; shares closed at $22.79, which was a 19.33 percent drop, though the shares rebounded a bit in after hours trading.… Read More »
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