Friday, May 10, 2013 - 4:27pm
A new scientific breakthrough could mean houseplant-powered computers, and refrigerators that run on solar energy collected from trees.
green energy stories
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 4:56pm
Is this the technology that's going to replace bladed wind turbines?
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 - 5:35pm
Not only is the little European nation leading the pack with green and renewable energy, it's running away with the prize.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 12:52pm
The pharmacy chain has just announced plans to build the first retail store in the US powered entirely by onsite energy sources.
Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 5:02pm
Google may be taking over the world, but at least it's going to take good care of us, with a new $200 million investment in a Texas wind farm.
Monday, December 3, 2012 - 3:11pm
On Friday, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Stephen Chu announced the creation of a research center focusing on battery and energy storage technology. The ambitious project will attempt to deliver technologies that are five times as powerful as and five times cheaper than today's technologies.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 8:36pm
We know that there's more than enough wind energy out there to power our entire civilization, but conventional wind turbines don't do that great of a job of harnessing it. They're expensive and inefficient, and we're looking for better technologies, one of which is a super efficient wind turbine that doesn't need blades.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 3:03pm
Solar power for residential homes is still too expensive for most Americans. The problem isn't the cost of the power, but rather the hardware. Technological advances are only bringing costs down so much.
Monday, May 28, 2012 - 3:15am
Plans are underway to build a massive new type of power generator in the southwestern corner of Arizona. Using evaporative cooling to create wind, it will deliver enough power for a medium to large-sized city with practically no effect on the environment.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 1:46am
What if the Eiffel Tower and Tokyo Tower weren't just tourist attractions but full-fledged power plants? That's the dream one group of architects hope to bring to Taiwan with their new Tower of Power concept.
