
Can Flywheels Help Balance Electricity Supply and Demand?
Beacon Power hopes to demonstrate the feasibility of the old technology to help balance fluctuating inputs from renewables
Beacon Power hopes to demonstrate the feasibility of the old technology to help balance fluctuating inputs from renewables
Next step could be "green" building codes in every state
Product labels will list emissions, waste and water ratings
Power grid could transform quickly
Ohio, Florida, Texas jump in
Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic aim to make it so
A Florida developer is banking on solar power to lure new home buyers
Pollution may go down as economic output slows, or up as the government stimulates polluting industries
Millions in government grants go to start the state's first commercial refinery for ethanol made from cobs and grasses
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