Valence Signs MOU with Siemens to Develop Batteries Compatible with Siemens’ Marine Hybrid Propulsion Systems
businesswire.com 6/2/2009 — AUSTIN, Texas--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Valence Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLNC), a leading U.S.-based manufacturer and supplier of lithium iron magnesium phosphate energy storage solutions, today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with ...

$560m Wind Turbine Contract for Siemens
theenergycollective.com 5/26/2009 — Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens snapped up a $560m order for 80 turbines off the northern coast of Germany yesterday. Airtricity’s Butendiek offshore wind farm is located 34 kilometres off the coast of Sylt in Northern Germany. The offshore site has a water depth ranging from 17-20 ...

Siemens :: Siemens Survey Reveals Low Awareness of Escalating Need for Superior Data Center Efficiency
sev.prnewswire.com 2/26/2009 — Siemens Survey Reveals Low Awareness of Escalating Need for Superior Data Center Efficiency NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Given the growing strain placed on the power grid every day and the increasing demand for data processing and ...

Siemens, Silver Spring announce Smart Grid interoperability
green.venturebeat.com 9/23/2009 — ssn_logo_m Interoperability is the elephant in the room that is the Smart Grid industry. As large companies, startups and utilities alike strive to create a cleaner, more efficient electrical grid — deploying new technologies wherever they can — it is ...

Orange County Choppers Builds an EV. Seriously | Autopia
wired.com 8/14/2009 — Orange County Choppers, known for building machines as brutish as they are loud, has produced this paradoxical bike touted as the “first custom electric American chopper.” The showpiece exhibits the trademark OCC outrageous ode to flair and themed ...

Siemens to Build 123MW Solar Turbine Generator for BrightSource
earth2tech.com 12/11/2008 — BrightSource Energy has contracted Siemens (s SIE) to build a 123-megawatt solar-powered turbine generator for its massive Mojave Desert solar-thermal projects, the Oakland, Calif.-based startup announced today . Having raised more than $160 million ...

Siemens expects around €15 billion in new orders from stimulus programs - Green technologies will account for 40 percent of this planned order volume by the end of 2012
w1.siemens.com 6/22/2009 — Siemens expects to win new orders of around €15 billion in the next three fiscal years 2010 until 2012, which will be generated by government stimulus programs already announced around the world. Green technologies are expected to account for 40 ...

New Green Siemens Gigaset SL785 DECT cordless phone
easyecoblog.com 4/7/2009 — Siemens has their new and Green Gigaset SL785 DECT cordless phone shipping this month. You can also reduce the transmitting power of the Gigaset SL785’s base station by 80% simply by selecting the ECO Mode. It has an energy saving ECO Mode Plus for 100% reduction of transmitting power when the ...

GE's Smart (and Subsidized) Appliances | Marc Gunther on GreenBiz.com
greenbiz.com 7/28/2009 — New smart appliances from GE will do great things. They will save energy, reduce greenhouse gases, curb demand for power on the utility grid, generate “green jobs” in America and -- oh, I almost forgot -- clean your clothes, wash your dishes and ...

General Electric making gadgets to cut power use in homes
greenpacks.org 7/16/2009 — In an effort to reduce electricity consumption, General Electric Company is going to combine energy-efficient lighting and energy-efficient appliances with energy management systems and renewable power generators. The systems – named ‘Net Zero Energy ...

12 year old wants kids to sing green — All MNN Content 10/23/2009
California 6th grader Aitan Grossman likes music and he doesn't like global warming.  So he wrote a song for children all over the world to sing to raise awareness about the climate change.

Shocking photography of Chinese pollution — All MNN Content 10/23/2009
The environmental situation in China is as complicated as the giant country itself. On one hand, the government has been more vocal over the last few years about the need for environmental protection and have invested in large green building and ...

Sharp's triple-layer solar cells stake claim for efficiency record — The most recent articles from BusinessGreen 10/26/2009
James Murray, BusinessGreen , Monday 26 October 2009 at 12:37:00 Solar giant claims indium gallium arsenide production technique enables record 35.8 per cent solar conversion efficiency Electronics giant Sharp has laid claim to the world ...

DOE funds extreme research projects — All MNN Content 10/27/2009
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, has selected 37 forward-thinking energy research projects to receive a portion of $151 million in funding. The $151 million is part of the $400 ...

Is the Govenator side stepping his own state's environmental policy for a football stadium? — All MNN Content 10/27/2009
The Govenator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, apparently thinks that what southern California needs is a little more football. According to the LA Times, Schwarzenegger signed a bill last Thursday that clears the way for construction to begin on a proposed ...