http://www.news.com/8300-11128_3-54.html Green Tech en-us CNET News.com : Green Tech Copyright 1995-2008 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT HelioVolt claims CIGS solar efficiency mark http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9940422-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Solar upstart HelioVolt on Monday will announce that it has reached 12.2 percent efficiency with its CIGS solar cells, setting another mark in the race against competitors and silicon.

Company CEO BJ Stanbery will present a paper at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference where he will disclose the efficiency ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9940422-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Martin LaMonica Fisker Auto flashes look at sporty electric sedan http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9941070-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Fisker Automotive took a prototype of its planned $80,000 electric sedan for a spin on a track in California, giving gawkers the first first look of the luxury sedan in action.

The photos, which were thought to be "spy photos," were actually taken by the company's PR firm ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9941070-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Sat, 10 May 2008 22:06:00 GMT Martin LaMonica Wind power company Noble files for public offering http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9940259-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Wind energy company Noble Environmental Power has filed to raise as much as $375 million in an initial public offering, according to a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission that was filed Thursday.

The Connecticut-based company, which plans to list its shares with the Nasdaq under the symbol "NEPI," ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9940259-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Fri, 09 May 2008 18:11:00 GMT Stefanie Olsen Your receipt is in the e-mail http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9937567-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Shoppers who want to save some trees soon will find a new option for rejecting receipts at the checkout counters of major retailers.

A service that will enable consumers to receive digital receipts through big box stores, such as Best Buy and Target, is set to launch May 16.

AllEtronic ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9937567-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Fri, 09 May 2008 17:30:00 GMT Elsa Wenzel Barriers to solar energy's blockbuster promise http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9939715-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech MENLO PARK, Calif.--Solar power hasn't swept the nation but it must and will, said members of utilities, clean-tech start-ups, venture capital firms, and academia at the Big Solar conference here Wednesday.

California will literally live up to its "Golden State" nickname and shine as a model for the ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9939715-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Fri, 09 May 2008 16:28:00 GMT Elsa Wenzel Is carbon storage just a pipe dream? http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9940052-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Researchers are committing billions of dollars to technologies that take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it underground, as more scientists and environmentalists question the wisdom of these plans.

Researcher Anders Hansson's at Linkoping University's Department of Technology and Social Change in Sweden this week published ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9940052-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Fri, 09 May 2008 16:20:00 GMT Martin LaMonica Citi: Solar prices to sink rapidly in looming shakeout http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9940001-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Financial analysts at Citigroup have joined the ranks of solar-company watchers that see falling prices and collateral damage in the next two years.

For consumers, the up-front price of getting solar-electric panels is still high--in the range of $20,000 to $35,000. A shortage of silicon cells is ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9940001-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Fri, 09 May 2008 14:22:00 GMT Martin LaMonica For $9,995, your car could run on sugar and tequila http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9939602-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech

The E-Fuel Micro-Fueler, on display in New York. Click for photo gallery.

(Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET News.com)

NEW YORK--"Henry Ford had it right all along," E-Fuel founder and CEO Thomas Quinn declared, referring to the fact that many original Model T Ford automobiles ran on the ethanol, not ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9939602-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Thu, 08 May 2008 21:32:00 GMT Caroline McCarthy U.S. consumers the least 'green', survey says http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9939504-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech U.S. consumers have the least "green" habits in the world in terms of energy use, transportation, travel, and goods, according to National Geographic and polling firm GlobeScan.

Blame the American appetite for large, two-car, gadget-packed homes located far from work, along with a general disregard for conservation and eco-friendly ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9939504-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Thu, 08 May 2008 21:28:00 GMT Elsa Wenzel Canadians tap algae to clean Alberta oil sands http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9939463-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Canadian researchers hope algae offers them "la grande solution" to greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental havoc caused by oil extraction in the Alberta tar sands.

The project is called CARS, Carbon Algae Recycling System, and it's backed by a consortium of researchers.

Canadians researchers believe they can grow

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]]> http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9939463-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech Thu, 08 May 2008 20:21:00 GMT Martin LaMonica