An Irish energy expert's new book says Ireland has the potential to turn its energy the color of its green shamrocks and put lots of gold into the pockets of the Irish who lead the transition. Clean energy can help rescue Ireland from its current eco... [more]

'Smart grid' is a term with as much buzz as any I've heard lately. It's mentioned in conversations about climate change, renewable energy and new types of energy storage. It seems that just saying smart grid several times in a conversation ma... [more]

Yep, moving a little slowly I blame it on last week's heat wave (which has finally ended). Fortunately, our friends at Cleantechies were right on the mark (and, in fairness, they had cool, pleasant weather), and got Friday's Green Business Blog Ca... [more]

Green fervor, for both types of green -- cash and environment -- has spawned a crowd of smart grid and energy efficiency startups: some viable and successful, many undifferentiated, most doomed.With more than $30 million in revenue, OPower easily fal... [more]

As Michael Kanellos reported -- recent greentech IPOs have had mixed and less than stellar results. And we've looked at many of the Greentech IPO prospects in the past.The public market regurgitated Solyndra, unable to squeeze that debt level and f... [more]

By Devon Swezey and Rob AtkinsonOriginally posted at the Huffington Post.If you want to understand why we haven't made any measurable progress on energy and climate change for the last 30 years, there's no better place to look than the visceral parti... [more]

The Danish firm Valbaek Borup Architects has brought to market this fresh prefab home that perfectly balances contemporary design with eco-friendly features. The white-clad home displays classic Danish restraint in its design but takes a very modern ... [more]

The clean tech sector has experienced remarkable success in the past few years, yet there still remains one huge roadblock from mass implementation cheap fossil fuels. Some may think this is simply a matter of free-market capitalism at work. The ... [more]

I recently ran across a mention in the New York Times of a new study suggesting a variety of energy and climate measures the administration could undertake on their own, without requiring new legislation passed by Congress. I've been thinking about t... [more]

Image credit: Great British RefurbTreeHugger is no stranger to fancy new LEED platinum residences, but the fact remains that we must do something about our existing housing stock if we are ever going to get CO2 cuts on the scale needed. Luckily, peop... [more]