Energy
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How the Smart Grid is Key to a Sustainable Energy Future
The Smart Grids Technology Roadmap from the International Energy Agency shows how use of smart grid technologies can be expanded, and identifies goals that must be met for widespread adoption of clean technology. Read More
GlaxoSmithKline Outlines Vision for Carbon Neutral 2050
A carbon footprint analysis of its value chain revealed that 40 percent of its overall emissions can be found in its supply chain, while another 40 percent are produced by customer use of its inhalers. Read More
Schneider's $268M Acquisition of Summit Energy Tightens EECA Market
Schneider Electric plans to buy Summit Energy in the second major deal announced this week involving power plays among companies working to make the built environment more energy efficient, smarter and better connected. Read More
Human Achievement Hour and the Fight Against Science
The fight against the fight against climate change continues with the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Human Achievement Hour 2011. Read More
BP's Post-Spill CSR Report Long on Rhetoric, Short on Goals
The Gulf oil spill is front and center throughout the report, but achievements and future sustainability goals are nearly absent. Read More
Carbon Trust Sets Sights on Rapid US Expansion
The government-backed green business advisory body is going global with plans for a new California office. Read More
Clean Tech's First Decade
On the occasion of a 10th annual assessment of the clean tech marketplace, a look back — and a look ahead. Read More
Why Energy Reduction Goals Are Moving Up the Corporate Agenda
Establishing an energy reduction goal offers benefits that carbon reduction goals do not in today's business climate, such as the direct relationship to dollar savings, which may be easier to sell internally. Read More
Cargill Cuts CO2 Emissions with World's Largest Kite-Powered Ship
Cargill plans to use the world's largest kite-powered vessel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the shipping its products. Read More
How the ARPA-E 'Incubator' Helps Hatch Next-Gen Energy Projects
Arun Majumdar, the director of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, lays out the audacious goals and the tough budgetary realities of the U.S. Department of Energy unit that's best known by its acronym ARPA-E. Read More