GigaomEnergy poverty is a dark killer
The fundamental issue of electrification and clean household energy is not about empowerment. It is about survival. Read more »
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The fundamental issue of electrification and clean household energy is not about empowerment. It is about survival. Read more »
Water is undeniably important to our physical survival, and energy is the main physical ingredient in our development of modern society. Shortages in either could have major impacts. Read more »
Water and energy are intimately related in what has been termed the Energy-Water Nexus. In this 2-part article we’ll explore aspects of this connection, touching on pumping water, use of water… Read more »
Fresh off of visiting the Ivanpah solar plant this morning, Bill Clinton sings the praise of energy efficiency, solar, waste to energy and overall clean power at Harry Reid’s 5th annual… Read more »
Here’s a weird bit of energy data courtesy of energy software startup Opower: people that use Yahoo email spend $110 more a year on electricity — or 11 percent more –… Read more »
Many of India’s solar projects are being connected to the grid to generate power for cities. But some companies are looking to build businesses off of solar for off-grid rural India,… Read more »
Carter Bales, the co-founder and Chairman of private equity firm NewWorld Capital Group, is driven by dire pessimism and over-whelming optimism that converge through his livelihood: environmental investing. Read more »
It looks like the end times are near for U.S. support for cleantech, at least according to a report out from the Breakthrough Institute, the Brookings Institution and the World Resources… Read more »
In the wake of Solar Trust’s recent bankruptcy, conservatives were eager to brand the company’s collapse as another Solyndra. Cleantech has become highly politicized, so much so that Obama’s first reelection… Read more »
Harvest Power is raising $110 million from investors including Al Gore’s fund, venture firm Kleiner Perkins and a fund led by former First Solar CEO Michael Ahearn to build out its… Read more »