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Fisker Automotive Announces First North American Retailers to Carry Their Plug In Hybrid Vehicles

The 2010 Fisker Karma will be the first plug-in hybrid car to market, when it hits showrooms later this year. More than 30 retailers have already signed on to carry the premium green brand

29 Mar 2009

LED Light Bulbs to be More Widespread With Collaboration Between Lime Energy and Nexxus Lighting

Lime Energy Company and Nexxus Lighting today announced that they are collaborating to expand the use of Nexxus Lighting's new array Lighting LED light bulb in numerous projects to help Lime Energy's customers save energy and reduce carbon emissions

26 Mar 2009

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Aeroplane Takes Silently to the Air

Anyone expecting to hear the engine roar into life when the "Antares DLR-H2" motor glider takes off, will be in for a surprise, the aircraft rises almost soundlessly from the runway powered by electricity producing fuel cells

26 Mar 2009

Ascent Solar Opens New Thin Film Solar Manufacturing Plant

Ascent Solar, developer of flexible thin-film solar energy modules for a variety of applications, including building systems, has opened a new production facility

26 Mar 2009

Siemens Expands Solar Thermal Power Abilities

Siemens Energy to acquire a 28 percent stake in the Italian solar company Archimede Solar Energy and expand solar thermal power plant technology

25 Mar 2009

Researchers Use Nanotechnology to Boost the Efficiency of Solar Cells

Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts the light absorption of silicon photovoltaic cells in two complementary ways

24 Mar 2009

Photoconductors Get Green Shine Thanks to Zinc Oxide

Photodetectors - devices found in cell phones, digital cameras and other consumer gadgets that utilize photoconducting materials - are a green technology in performance (converting light into electricity), but the manufacture of very powerful photodetectors needs to be improved before they can qualify for solid green status

24 Mar 2009