I haven’t confirmed this, but sources tell me that General Electric, the big kahuna in energy efficiency and green tech, will talk about street lights made with light emitting diodes (LEDs) at Lightfair, a large trade show taking place in Las Vegas this week.
LEDs use far less power than conventional light sources and can provide [...]
A resolution to separate the chairman and CEO positions at ExxonMobil failed to receive a simple majority today at the energy company’s annual shareholder meeting in Dallas. The resolution was one of four promulgated by descendants of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller aimed at getting ExxonMobil to focus on energy portfolio diversification and environmental [...]
Phil Giudice, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, spoke today at Greentech Media’s PV Annual 2008 on the Commonwealth’s plan to hit grid parity with PV in the near future. The Commish took an interesting tack, though. Instead of waiting for module and installed costs to come down, he’s going to wait [...]
Google.org, the philanthropic arm of the Mountain View, Calif.-based search giant and arbiter of all things cool, will be sponsoring a conference in Washington D.C. on June 11 and 12 on plug-in hybrids with the Brookings Institute. The company is asking viewers to submit videos on why they’d like to own a plug-in hybrid. Post [...]
Verenium, the cellulosic ethanol company that faced close to $440 million in deficits only two months ago, announced this morning it has entered the commissioning phase of its new 1.4 million gallon ‘commercial’ scale ethanol refinery in Louisiana. This is the first and largest completed cellulosic ethanol plant in the U.S., beating out Coskata’s 40,000 [...]
Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) will unveil sweeping climate change legislation in the House of Representatives today. The legislation aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 85 percent between 2012 and 2050, led principally by an aggressive cap-and-trade scheme. Under Markey’s plan business would be eligible to buy emissions permits up their alloted level through a [...]
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