Want a sneak peek at what may be the car of the future? And a reality
check about how far into the future it may still be? Have a look at an
experiment in Boulder, Colorado.

An antireflective coating developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the US promises to give a major boost to the efficiency of solar cells.

Green energy supporters breathed a sigh of relief this month when Congress finally passed legislation that delivered generous financial incentives beyond 2008.

OURAY – As the saying goes, if you want to find an elephant, look in elephant country. And for some of the minerals required in the manufacture of alternative-energy technologies, the San Juans are elephant country.

GridPoint Inc., a leading clean tech company whose smart grid platform benefits electric utilities, consumers and the environment, announced Xcel Energy selected the GridPoint SmartGrid Platform(TM) for its SmartGridCity(TM) in Boulder, Colo. The platform applies information technology to the electric grid to provide utilities with an intelligent network of distributed energy resources that controls load, stores energy and produces power.

THE SMART GRID. Utilities are crafting new technologies to make the power grid “ intelligent”- able to automatically conserve energy.