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ICT for Nissan LEAF wins GSMA Award 2011

published: 2011-02-16 15:01
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., AT&T, NTT DOCOMO, INC., and Telenor Connexion announced that the Nissan LEAF system marketed as Nissan Connect powered by CARWINGS has been awarded the Global Mobile Awards 2011 prize for the "Best Mobi...  more

Tesla Motors and SpaceX Host a Night of American Innovation

published: 2011-02-16 14:56
Electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (known as SpaceX) are hosting a celebration of American Innovation. The event marks the opening of Tesla’s first showroom in the nation’s capital a...  more

ABB Wins $33 Million Solar Orders in Italy

published: 2011-02-15 15:04
ABB has won orders worth $33 million from Emmeesseenne, a special purpose company financed by a leading investment fund focused on renewable energies, to supply three high-efficiency turnkey photovoltaic power plants near the ci...  more

Arizona Study to Shed Light on Solar & Smart Grid

published: 2011-02-15 15:00
With energy experts forecasting substantial increases in solar power in the coming decades, scientists at GE Global Research are working with Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest electric utility, to understand how large am...  more

Cracking the thin film solar code in GE’s 4 global labs

published: 2011-02-15 14:56
 GE Global Research, which is the hub of technology development for all of GE’s businesses, announced that in the race to have the most efficient, low-cost solar technology on the market, GE is now focusing its extensive R&D e...  more

Tesla Motors Opens Washington, D.C. Showroom

published: 2011-02-15 14:48
Tesla Motors, maker of the Tesla Roadster, the only electric supercar on the road, opens its Washington, D.C. showroom today. Prospective customers are now welcome to visit the location for test drives of the vehicle that is leadi...  more

The Solution to Solar’s ‘Christmas Lights’ Problem

published: 2011-02-15 14:44
Anyone who’s ever strung up lights for the holidays knows that frustrating feeling — one bulb goes out and suddenly the whole line goes dark. In recent years, Christmas lights have gotten smarter to eliminate the “single bad bulb”...  more