Topic - Electricity

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Cleantech

Ambitious and Binding

The EU sets new targets requiring 20% renewable energy by 2020.
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Cleantech

Coal Loses in TXU Acquisition

Texas utility company gets acquired in the heat of coal controversy.
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Cleantech

Solar Consolidation Trend Kicks Off

Solar majors SunPower and PowerLight combine to cut costs by 50 percent.
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Cleantech

Solar's Silicon Shakeup

A supply shortage opens the way for starups to move in.
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Cleantech

Solar Firm Orb Gets Funding

Singapore’s Orb Energy ventures into India’s solar energy market.
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Computers

IBM Sees a Dip in Chip Size

Big Blue’s scientists say they found a ‘switch’ on molecules within chips.
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Communications, Internet

Home Networking Via Outlets

New gear could speed the adoption of home networking hardware that uses power sockets to transmit information.
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Cleantech

Patching the Power Grid

The U.S. energy bill won’t do enough for the aging grid. Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs hope to fill the gap.
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Finance

Tenaska Energizes $838M Fund

The private power producer has closed a fund for buying out generators.