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A Checkup on Xcel’s 2-Year-Old Community Solar Program

December 22, 2016 no comments

As the market potential and popularity of community solar grows nationally, all eyes are on Minnesota and Xcel Energy’s Solar Rewards Community program. Why are so few projects up and running? How re...

Inhabitat’s Week in Green: flying bicycle, tattooed fruits and a...

June 23, 2013 no comments

This week, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar — the world’s largest solar-powered boat — docked in downtown Manhattan, and Inhabitat was on the scene to tour the 115-foot Swiss catamaran an...

SupplyShift Helps Companies Understand The Environmental Impact Of The...

May 30, 2013 no comments

For large companies that have a long list of suppliers that they work with, it’s not only difficult to manage communication with all of them, but understanding the environmental impact of each suppli...

Google Asks Utilities To Make It Easier For Companies To Buy Renewable...

May 30, 2013 no comments

Google has long had an interest in renewable energy and has now invested more than $1 billion of its own money in alternative energy projects. However, as the company notes in a blog post and white p...

LIFX Is A Smartphone-Controlled Lightbulb

May 30, 2013 no comments

Just when you thought it was safe to ignore the app economy, we have the LIFX, a Kickstarter-funded lightbulb you control from your iOS or Android device. Why, you ask? Because it’s a lightbulb contr...