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  Major California utilities generated 20.6 percent of their power from renewable sources in 2011

  By Dante D'Orazio on August 1, 2012 05:47 pm + 97 comments

  California's energy utilities are on track to meet the state's requirement of sourcing a third of Continue reading…

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  Solar for iPhone: a minimal, gesture-driven weather app (hands-on)

  By Sam Byford on July 23, 2012 08:47 am + 49 comments

  Weather apps, in my experience, tend to fall into one of two categories: the simple, static screens Continue reading…

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  Greenpeace says Apple has 'significantly improved' its clean energy policy

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 13, 2012 05:46 am + 19 comments

  Greenpeace has given Apple a minor upgrade in its clean power rankings, saying the company has Continue reading…

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  Light, heat, and vibration: MIT's new chip can harvest energy from all three simultaneously

  By Evan Rodgers on July 9, 2012 07:37 pm + 19 comments

  Harvesting electricity from vibration, ambient light, and thermal energy sources represent a sizable Continue reading…

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  Germany closes its nuclear plants as an energy revolution takes hold

  By Evan Rodgers on June 20, 2012 12:06 pm + 66 comments

  Germany is undergoing what it calls an "Energiewende," which translates roughly into "a sharp turn Continue reading…

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  US Navy scientists design solar cells that offer improved efficiency underwater

  By Chris Welch on June 11, 2012 01:32 am + 7 comments

  Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have uncovered something of a breakthrough that Continue reading…

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  Solar Impulse completes first solar-powered interncontinental flight

  By Evan Rodgers on June 6, 2012 03:25 pm + 8 comments

  The Solar Impulse plane, which runs entirely on solar energy as the name implies, has completed its Continue reading…

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  Logitech’s solar-powered K760 keyboard pairs with up to three devices simultaneously

  By Nate Ralph on May 30, 2012 04:01 am + 34 comments

  Logitech is announcing the Wireless Solar Keyboard K760 — the name says it all, really. It's the Continue reading…

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  Giant liquid metal batteries could make renewable energy sources more viable

  By Andrew Webster on April 23, 2012 11:07 am + 16 comments

  Professor Donald Sadoway and his team of students at MIT have managed to build a liquid metal Continue reading…

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  Panasonic to use solar-powered batteries to broadcast Japanese solar eclipse on May 20th

  By Tom Warren on April 20, 2012 08:02 am + 8 comments

  While Nokia found charging cellphones using solar panels a "challenging" prospect, that's not Continue reading…