The Big Smart Grid Challenges
Regulations, privacy and security concerns, and other issues could hold back developments.
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A Costly and Unnecessary New Electricity Grid
A national interstate system for distributing power may prove an expensive boondoggle.
Solar Thermal Heats Up
ESolar expects to start up its large solar thermal plant soon.
FutureGen Rises from the Dead
The DOE's backing revives a pioneering clean-coal project.
Biofuels vs. Biomass Electricity
Findings show that turning biomass into electricity is more beneficial than turning it into transportation fuels.
Cheaper Solar Concentrators
Skyline Solar, a new startup, is combining conventional technologies to lower solar-power costs.
Startup to Beam Power from Space
One California utility is taking Solaren Corporation's space-based solar-farm proposal seriously.
A Zero-Emissions City in the Desert
Oil-rich Abu Dhabi is building a green metropolis. Should the rest of the world care?
TR10: Liquid Battery
Donald Sadoway conceived of a novel battery that could allow cities to run on solar power at night.
Cutting Coal Use with Sunshine
How solar-thermal energy could shrink coal plants' carbon footprint.
