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China: The new wind superpower
photo: Todd Woody The numbers are in, and as expected 2008 set a record year for the worldwide wind industry as new wind farms generating a total of 27,000 megawatts of greenhouse gas-free electricity...
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The new electric car model: Designed in California, made in China
photo: Coda Automotive A new electric car company, Coda Automotive, emerged from stealth mode this week and unveiled a $45,000 sedan that it says will hit the streets in 2010. The Santa Monica,...
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First Solar first into China with 2-gigawatt PV project
Photo: First Solar First Solar became the first U.S. solar company to break into the Chinese market on Tuesday and it did do in a big way when it signed an agreement to build a two-gigawatt thin-film...
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The Whip comes down: Wheego joins electric car race
Photo: Todd Woody In my Green State column for Grist on Thursday, I write about Wheego, an Atlanta startup that will soon begin selling an electric microcar called the Whip. I took the Whip for a spin...
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Study: China can store 100 years of carbon emissions
Image: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Next month the United States Department of Energy will release a study finding that China contains huge underground repositories that could be used to...
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eSolar’s two-gigawatt China deal
photo: eSolar In Saturday’s Los Angeles Times, I write about a ground-breaking solar thermal deal struck by eSolar of Pasadena, Calif., to build two gigawatts of power plants in China over the next...
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China’s big bet on biomass solar hybrid power
photo: eSolar In The New York Times on Monday, I follow up on my story in Saturday’s Los Angeles Times on China’s move into solar thermal power with a 2,000 megawatt deal with eSolar of California:...
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China’s green syndrome
photo: eSolar In my new Green State column on Grist, I take a look at the implications of California startup eSolar’s 2,000 megawatt solar thermal deal with China: Forget Red China. It’s Green China...
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China grabs California solar market
In The New York Times on Thursday, I write about a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance that shows China has become the dominant solar module supplier in the huge California market: China’s rise...
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China’s Yingli moves into East Coast market
In The New York Times last week, I wrote about how Yingli, the Chinese solar module maker, is heading east after capturing nearly a third of the California market last year: Yingli, the Chinese solar...
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IBM opens China energy lab, moves execs to Beijing
In The New York Times on Monday, I write about IBM’s new smart grid lab in Beijing that will develop technology for the global market: In another sign of China’s emergence as an epicenter of green...
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Partying like it’s 2008: Green tech investment surges
This post first appeared on Grist. Green tech is back in the green. Global venture capital investment in green technology companies reached $4.04 billion in the first half of 2010, exceeding – slightly...
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Report: China overtakes U.S. as best for green investors
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. The same day this week that The New York Times published an extensive report by correspondent Keith Bradsher on China’s massive subsidies for...
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China widens gap with U.S. in green energy race
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared on November 30, 2010. A day after Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s “Sputnik speech,” in which he warned that China was investing billions in renewable...
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China charges up the on-ramp of the electric highway
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. When it comes to the future of electric cars, as with other green technologies, the wild card is China. The People’s Republic has invested...
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