Almost five years ago a group of business leaders, including Bill Gates, GE CEO Jeff Immelt and venture capitalist John Doerr, called for a massive increase in U.S. government funding for… Read more »
By the end of 2014, solar installer and financier (and soon to be solar panel manufacturer) SolarCity had installed about 1 GW worth of solar panels cumulatively on the rooftops of… Read more »
Inside a sunlit, cramped office near San Francisco’s financial district, entrepreneur and former political operative Susan Kennedy has been leading a team that is at the forefront of the emerging market… Read more »
The British smart home outfit AlertMe has a long history with British Gas – back in 2009 it scored its first trial with the country’s biggest energy supplier, and in 2012… Read more »
A battle is brewing in Texas over a power company’s $5.2 billion plan to install batteries in its network of power lines to help it manage its supply and demand more… Read more »
Nightly charging might not be convenient when it comes to wearables — and in some cases, it might not even be possible. Here’s a round-up of the latest science on how… Read more »
Future Qi-enabled phones will be able to power up their batteries even without direct contact with a charging pad thanks to an update to the technology’s standard. Read more »
The British government has given the all-clear for driverless cars to take to public roads from January 2015, when trials will begin in 3 cities. Read more »
Using LEDs powered over Ethernet, the system gives building owners and facility managers loads of useful data about their properties, and office workers new ways to negotiate their environment. Read more »