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Now this is the sort of news about offshoring that I could get behind: A new report from cleantech watchers Pike Research predicts that investment in power generation capabilities provided by offshore wind turbines will “surge” between now and 2017. In fact, the firm predicts that capacity will multiply by a factor of 17 during [...]

Some new data from Pike Research suggests that spending on cybersecurity measures for the smart grid will reach $1.3 billion by 2015. The researchers are calling for a 62 percent increase between 2010 and 2011 alone. But personally speaking, I think that sounds far short of where it should be, considering the many billions of [...]

The timing of this post was prompted by my colleague Joe McKendrick’s post over on ZDNet sister site SmartPlanet about the anticipated market for so-called smart building solutions.
According to some new research from the IDC Energy Insights group, spending on smart building technology with growth at a compound annual rate of 27 percent between 2010 [...]

I think the thesis that energy storage technologies will be critically important for alternative energy, the smart grid AND electric vehicles is pretty well-accepted.
But it won’t be just batteries vying to play a role in energy storage.
The idea that high-premium ultracapacitors will stake a claim in this sector just got some more legs in the [...]

No ground or roofs on your property to put in a solar installation? SPG Solar has just updated its floating solar technology, called Solar Floatovoltaics. The technology is meant to work in an irrigation pond, lake, reservoir or other body of water, and the company says it is priced competitively compared to ground-mounted systems.
Aside from [...]

No ground or roofs on your property to put in a solar installation? SPG Solar has just updated its floating solar technology, called Solar Floatovoltaics. The technology is meant to work in an irrigation pond, lake, reservoir or other body of water, and the company says it is priced competitively compared to ground-mounted systems.
Aside from [...]

I figure it was only a matter of time before Google decided that its massive geo-information database could be put to use as a means of helping drivers find charging stations for their electric vehicles.
Sure enough, the company has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Energy to help point the way to charging stations. [...]

Just in time for Earth Day, the non-profit organization turns up the heat on some of the biggest cloud data center operators in the business, encouraging them to consider more renewable energy options as they expand.

The green design principles adopted by Intel at its manufacturing campus in Ocotillo, Ariz., have earned the giant technology company a LEED silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. (LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.) The certification covers all of the buildings on the site, including the wafer fabrication plants.
Here’s why [...]