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- Are solar-energy materials in short supply?
- At the Intersolar and Greentech Media conferences, J. Michael Horowitz of the Stanford Group moderates a discussion on solar-thermal technologies and the challenges solar-energy companies face when acquiring materials. Panelists include Bob Cart of GreenVolts, Andrew McMahan of SkyFuel, Robert Morgan of Ausra, Suvi Sharma of Solaria, and...
- Tags: Material, Solar
- Videos 2008-07-17
- Saving money with solar tech
- It's not cheap to power a home these days. Could solar-energy tech be the solution? At the Intersolar North America exhibition in San Francisco, CNET's Kara Tsuboi finds a few products that could help bring sunshine to your wallet.
- Tags: Tech, News, kara tsuboi, intersolar, solar, green tech, comsumer electronics, home remodeling, environment, global warming
- Videos 2008-07-16
- Evaluating the cost of solar
- J. Michael Horowitz of the Stanford Group moderates a discussion on ‘green‘ finance and operational and maintenance costs associated with new solar projects at the Intersolar Conference 2008 and Greentech Media conference. Panel guests include Bob Cart of GreenVolts, Robert Morgan of Ausra, Suvi Sharma of Solaria, and John...
- Tags: Cost, Conference, Financial Accounting, Finance, Solar
- Videos 2008-07-16
- The Green Enterprise: Frog's Leap Winery
- Green strategies are at the heart of operations at Frog's Leap Winery. Innovations include a solar installation on the vineyard grounds, a LEED-certified hospitality center and geothermal technologies that are powering the company's heating and cooling system. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Jonah Beer, the winery's general manager, and...
- Tags: Winery, Geothermal Energy, Solar, The Green Enterprise
- Videos 2008-07-15
- The push for solar thermal
- At the Intersolar Conference 2008 in San Francisco, Fred Morse, senior advisor at Abengoa Solar says, "Don't underestimate thermal storage." The veteran solar industry exec talks about the benefits of concentrating solar technologies and the reasons why utility companies are starting to back thermal storage.
- Tags: Storage, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Solar
- Videos 2008-07-14
- Roving robots explore moon, desert
- Whether it's exploring the moon's craters or the inhospitable Chilean desert, robots are aiding in the research work that humans wouldn't ordinarily be able to do. At a recent visit to Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi gets up close and personal with the...
- Tags: Emerging Technologies, News, kara tsuboi, carnegie mellon university, lunar x prize, robots, jared kohler, moon, mars, solar, space
- Videos 2008-05-28
- The machines for making TVs
- Not everything gets made overseas. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos tours the Silicon Valley facilities of Applied Materials, where they make equipment for producing televisions and solar panels.
- Tags: News, Michael Kanellos, solar, solar panels, TV's, Applied Materials, Silicon Valley, plasma, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Videos 2008-04-30
- Working with the wind
- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and CNET News.com�¢??s Kara Tsuboi tour a home that gets 40 percent of its power from the wind. After the homeowner installed a 45-foot-tall turbine in her backyard, not only was she the talk of the neighborhood, but her home was named one of the...
- Tags: News, kara tsuboi, gavin newsom, wind, solar, green, san francisco, environment
- Videos 2008-04-11
- The Green Enterprise: PG&E
- On the next installment of The Green Enterprise, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das looks at how PG&E is working to deliver clean energy to its customers. Innovations include a unique solar installation at the company's headquarters, a hybrid-electric service truck, and emerging renewables from biogas to wave energy. Das also sits...
- Tags: PG&E Corp., Clean Technology, The Green Enterprise, Green, PG&E, Solar, San Francisco, renewable energy
- Videos 2008-03-10
- The Green Enterprise: The City of Mill Valley, California
- On the next installment of The Green Enterprise, ZDNet editor-in-chief Dan Farber takes a look at green practices in the City of Mill Valley, such as a solar-powered pizzeria, an eco-friendly water treatment plant and a lumber program that re-uses wood from the city's fallen trees for bridge projects around...
- Tags: City, Strategy, Management, The Green Enterprise, Mill Valley, Emerging Technology, Green, Solar, Water, lumber, eco
- Videos 2007-11-20
- The Green Enterprise: Gaia Napa Valley Hotel & Spa
- In our second installment of the Green Enterprise, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a look at the green innovations in use at the Gaia Napa Valley Hotel & Spa, such as solar energy powering the hotel, environmentally friendly guest rooms, and an energy usage meter that shows guests how much...
- Tags: Hotel, Leadership, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Management, The Green Enterprise, Spa, Solar, Emerging Technologies, Green
- Videos 2007-09-21
- Photos: Solar racing across the outback
- Solar cars from 10 countries race 3,000 kilometers across Australia in the 2005 Panasonic World Solar Challenge.
- Tags: Solar, Panasonic, Australia
- Image galleries 2005-09-29
- Photos: Solar racing across the outback
- Solar cars from 10 countries race 3,000 kilometers across Australia in the 2005 Panasonic World Solar Challenge.
- Tags: Solar, Panasonic, Australia
- Image galleries 2005-09-29
- Photos: Solar 'raycing' stuck in the clouds
- Solar cars raycing in the North American Solar Challenge found clouds and rain to be more of a hazard than traffic and potholes.
- Tags: Solar, cloud, hazard
- Image galleries 2005-07-22
- Photos: Solar 'raycing' stuck in the clouds
- Solar cars raycing in the North American Solar Challenge found clouds and rain to be more of a hazard than traffic and potholes.
- Tags: Solar, cloud, hazard
- Image galleries 2005-07-22
Additional Resources
- The invisible frontier of our solar system
- On October 19, NASA will launch a new spacecraft named IBEX, short for 'Interstellar Boundary Explorer.' Its mission, which will last about two years, is to refine what the Voyager spacecraft experienced in 2004 when 'an invisible shock formed as the solar wind piles up against the gas in interstellar...
- Tags: Earth, Spacecraft, NASA, Orbit, Solar System, IBEX, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Information Technology, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Strategy, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- CEATEC Roundup: Sony's 0.3mm OLED display, Sharp's solar-power TV, Panasonic's LifeWall concept
- While we all wait around until January for the Consumer Electronics Show, an event like CEATEC Japan can give us a taste of the future for home theater. And since ZDNet didn't offer to fly me over there to check it out first-hand (cough, next year, cough), I had to...
- Tags: Sony Corp., 3D, Panasonic, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Sharp Corp., TV, Wall, Construction, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Greentech Investing: Not So Fast
- There's an inevitable slowdown in venture capital investing and that's not good news for Silicon Valley nor the Cleantech start-ups. Last quarter VC activity was about one-third of the same quarter last year. While economists claim there's plenty of capital around, the investments being made are more cautious....
- Tags: Bank, Alternative Energy, American Media, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Solar market to reach $100 bln by 2013
- According to Lux Research, solar market will reach $100 bln by 2013. SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Solar market to reach $100 bln by 2013", url: "http://www.itfacts.biz/solar-market-to-reach-100-bln-by-2013/11607" } , { popup: true } ); by AM
- Tags: Market, Lux Research, AM
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
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