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By Randy W. Stearns What happens when a social activist and a fashion-industry executive put their heads together in order to create social good? Maiyet, a New York-based luxury fashion brand working with local artisans in…

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By Don Dahler In 2013 there was a 47 percent jump in the number of home solar installations in the U.S., and by the end of the year more than 400,000 American homes had solar…

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By Cassandra Sweet and Rebecca Smith From backyard tinkerers to big corporations, inventors have been struggling to find a way to store solar, wind and other renewable energy so it can furnish electricity when the…

By Brian Bergstein. It might sound difficult to define what makes a smart company, but you know one when you see it. When such a company commercializes a truly innovative technology, things happen: leadership in a market…

—   All Three Units of 392 megawatt Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Now Delivering Solar Power to California’s Electric Grid — NIPTON, Calif.; Feb. 13, 2014 ¾ NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar,…

By Brad Stone. You can find a maid or even a mate online, but parents are understandably cautious when it comes to baby-sitting. There’s an added sense of comfort that comes with knowing the sitter’s parents when…

CPUC sees pushback on proposal for natural gas plus green replacements for 2,200 megawatts of lost nuclear power.  By Jeff St. John.  Down in Southern California, a battle over the state’s energy future has just been…

By Jonathan Shieber.  New regulations in California are set to open up the market for large-scale energy storage and battery technology developer Primus Power has just raised charge into the fray. The Hayward, Calif.-based battery startup has…

By Jessica Leber.  Good daylight inside a building can be a major mood and productivity enhancer. Other times, it can cause uncomfortable glare or heat, drive up energy costs, or simply require ugly blinds. What…

By John Upton.  Last year’s decision to close the San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California has created a challenge for utilities and utility regulators: How best to replace the facility’s 2,200 megawatts of generating capacity? The region’s…