by Todd Woody
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GoodGuide scanner makes healthy food shopping point and click 1
Posted 3 days, 6 hours ago Thanks to a new barcode scanner app, grocery shoppers can aim their iPhones at 63,000 different food products for details on the health, environmental, and social "performance" of the products and their makers. Read More -
Up on the roof
Solar’s rapid evolution makes energy planners rethink the grid 44
Posted 2 weeks ago California's goal to generate a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 has spawned a green energy boom. Connecting all those hinterland geothermal plants and solar and wind farms to the state's coastal metropolises means a massive new transmission system. But the fast-moving photovoltaic market may moot the need for some of those expensive and contentious transmission lines. Will energy planners have to rethink their long-term strategy? Read More -
Take it with a grain of salt
SolarReserve’s 24/7 solar power plant 98
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago A Santa Monica startup called SolarReserve has licensed the solar power tower technology, turning the Silicon Valley model on its head: Take a proven yet obscure technology developed years ago by an old-line tech company and marry it the entrepreneurial culture of a startup. Read More -
technically good ideas
Cleantech Open winners get it done quick and cheap 0
Posted 1 month ago PET shingles, DIY solar arrays, smart thermostats. This year's Cleantech winners focus on getting products to market as fast and economically as they can. Read More -
Interns saving the world
Climate Corps interns save Fortune 500 firms $54 million 4
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago MBA students from the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps identified energy efficiency measures that will save an estimated $54 million at Dell, eBay and 20 other Fortune 500 companies. Read More -
Clean tech reality check
Paging Dr. Chu, venture capitalist 2
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago Despite all the entrepreneurial buzz around clean energy companies, it's going to take very deep pockets to get projects online at utility scale. That's why Energy Secretary Steven Chu may be the industry's most important venture capitalist. Read More -
EV + PV = ROI
SolarCity makes electric cars an even smarter investment 19
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago The real story behind California's "solar highway" is how the emerging electric vehicle industry will foster the adoption of residential and commercial photovoltaic systems. Read More -
Rooting for the underdog
For Khosla, clean tech is all about scale 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla believes "clean tech" is all about greening "old tech." Read More -
Whip it? Go for it ... move ahead ...
Wheego joins the ranks of electric car startups 4
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago A decade after General Motors killed the electric car, big automakers and startups are revving up to put battery-powered vehicles on the road over the next couple of years. One of the latest entrants is Wheego, an Atlanta company that is about to launch the Whip. Read More -
Visions of the Green Future
California students take Refract House to Solar Decathlon 5
Posted 3 months ago On the Silicon Valley campus of Santa Clara University, workers are building a contemporary wood-clad home that wouldn't look out of place in the pages of Dwell or another shelter magazine for the po-mo, Tesla-driving, little-square-eyeglasses-wearing set. Which is exactly the idea. The home is California's entry into the U.S. Department of Energy's biannual Solar Decathlon and is a collaboration between undergraduates at Santa Clara University and the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Read More
