Energy Technology


How to Lower Your Company's Energy Bills

By Inc Staff |  Jul 1, 2009

How to use less energy and lower your business's utility bills  Read story

The Transformer

By Angus Loten |  Sep 17, 2008

Most aspiring college entrepreneurs usually write business plans for new companies. Aaron Hall wanted to breathe life into an old one. Today, he's running Bo...  Read story

Is The Economy Strangled By Our Laws?

By Lester C. Thurow |  Jun 1, 1981

One of the greatest barriers to productivity is our tendency to sue one another.  Read story

Turning The Sun's Power Into Affordable Energy

Aug 1, 1981

"Solar electricity is now a commercial business, something we couldn't say five years ago," says Roger G. Little. As a result, he expects his company, Sp...  Read story

How Can Keeping Sun Out Keep You Warm?

By Douglas W. Goldstein |  Aug 1, 1981

In People & Innovations (June), you say that the Heat Mirror produced by the Southwall Corp. "reflects the sun's long, heat-producing waves" resulting...  Read story

Readers' Report Card On The States

Feb 1, 1982

Overall rating * Factor readers rate... State Readers INC. Least favorable Most favorable Alabama A ...  Read story

Save Money on Energy Costs

By Stephanie Overby |  Oct 17, 2000

The deregulation of the energy industry is a hot new market for some start-ups, as Emily Barker reveals in the Read story

Energy Goes Cellular

By Emily Barker |  Nov 15, 2000

Along with more competition and -- theoretically, at least -- lower prices, energy deregulation is bringing some uncertainty to the nation's power grid. A...  Read story

Today's 'Down Rounds' Bring Startups Pain

By Kara Scannell |  Mar 12, 2003

From The Wall Street Journal Online Fledgling companies are being forc...  Read story

Cashing In on Clean Technology

By Venuri Siriwardane |  Jan 2, 2009

Despite the credit crunch and falling oil prices, venture capitalists say green energy is still a good bet.  Read story

Three Small Business Owners Who Love Obama's Stimulus

By Kelly Faircloth |  Feb 25, 2009

Some Inc. 500|5000 CEOs are in the right industries to benefit from the President's emergency funds.  Read story

Recycling

Beginning in the mid-1960s and growing alongside the environmental movement, recycling became an important aspect of municipal waste management and symbol...  Read story

The Fight To Harness The Sun

By Tom Richman |  May 1, 1983

Roger Little of Spire Corp. is betting that his strategy for making solar power pay can overcome foreign competition, big oil, and lack of government support...  Read story

How A Little Black Box Can Save Energy

By Abby Solomon |  May 1, 1983

Whether it blows hot or cold outdoors, an energy management system can cut consumption. But before you buy, lease, or share one, consider the pros and cons.  Read story

Solar Power Gets Cheaper, But Never Cheap Enough

May 1, 1983

When the U.S. space program began using them on its satellites in the late 1950s, solar cells cost more than $1,000 per peak watt (Wp). At that price, a p...  Read story

Limiting Liability

By Bruce G. Posner |  May 1, 1984

Cheap debt in Switzerland; power from the wind (and from R D limited partnerships); taking the slow track in venture capital.  Read story

Living And Dying At The Federal Trough

By L.M.S. |  Dec 1, 1984

The oil cartel gripped the United States in an energy stranglehold in 1973, creating problems for motorists and opportunities for entrepreneurs. Figuring...  Read story

Are We Having Fun Yet?

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Oct 1, 1987

John Paul Mitchell Systems is a new-wave profit machine with few moving parts and a direct connection to Paradise  Read story

Going for Broke

By Edward O. Welles |  Jun 1, 1998

Harold McMaster, founder of Solar Cells, Inc., hopes to universalize solar energy, but has put off making a buck to take R D further. But will his ...  Read story

Venture Capitalists Flock to Green Technology

By Ryan J. McCarthy |  Mar 28, 2006

Companies producing environmentally friendly technologies are attracting more and more investment, according to a new report.  Read story

MIT Calls On Energy Entrepreneurs

By Matt Finkelstein |  Nov 30, 2007

A new competition will award $200,000 for the best clean energy idea.  Read story

Business Groups Attack Energy Bill

By Angus Loten |  Dec 3, 2007

A House move to raise oil industry taxes will result in higher energy prices for small-business owners, opponents say.  Read story

Business Groups Attack Energy Bill

By Angus Loten |  Dec 7, 2007

A House move to raise oil industry taxes will result in higher energy prices for small-business owners, opponents say.  Read story

Millennium, Horizon Fuel to Deliver Portable Generator

Dec 3, 2007

The HydroPak offers clean and quiet power for consumers and small offices.  Read story

IBM Targets Data Centers

May 12, 2008

A new Business Partner program offers certification in consolidation and virtualization.  Read story

IBM Releases Energy-Management Software

May 22, 2008

The new software is designed to help maximize energy efficiency.  Read story

Are You Paying Too Much for Energy?

By Alexandra Johnson |  Jun 3, 2009

Some states, such as Hawaii and New York, are charging an arm and a leg for energy. Find out which states charge the most for energy.  Read story

Green Economy Blooms

By Alexandra Cheney |  Jul 14, 2009

A recent study reveals substantial growth in clean energy jobs.  Read story

Small-Business Aid Added to Energy Bill

Jun 22, 2007

A sweeping energy bill approved by the Senate Thursday night included several provisions aimed at helping small businesses adopt renewable energy sou...  Read story

Pennsylvania Firms Encouraged to Save Energy

Aug 13, 2007

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection this week is launching a $1 million program to help small businesses improve energy efficiency and...  Read story

The Futurists

By Inc Staff |  Nov 1, 2006

From solar panels to clean coal, betting big on the future of energy.  Read story

The Integrators

By Inc Staff |  Nov 1, 2006

Bringing fundamental change to everyday life. And, for that matter, death.  Read story

Hot Stuff

By John Case |  Oct 1, 2001

Is it finally time to jump on the alternative-energy bandwagon? Well, yes and no.  Read story

Guest Speaker: How to Predict the Future

By Ray Kurzweil |  Feb 1, 2007

A good sense of timing is key to success. Fortunately, it's easier to see the future--and to plan for it--than you may think.  Read story

Edifice Complex

By John Grossmann |  Jul 1, 2002

Why is it that people who build companies become obsessed so often with building buildings, too? And why do they do it like this ?  Read story

Being Al Gore

By Mike Hofman |  Feb 1, 2008

Entrepreneurs offer advice to the veep-cum-venture capitalist.  Read story

Looking Into the Sun

By David H. Freedman |  Jul 1, 2005

If David Slawson is right about solar power, our days of oil dependency are numbered.  Read story

Opportunity Knocks

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

With technology markets tanking, what's the next big thing?  Read story

Going Green Isn't Just about Doing Good

By Sara Hottman |  Oct 16, 2008

It's also smart business for a lot of companies on the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine's list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.    Read story

Going Green Isn't Just about Doing Good, inc5000 Article - Inc. Article

By Sara Hottman |  Aug 20, 2008

Ray Mullen, founder and CEO of Idaho-based Mullen Crane and Transport, says the trick to his business is providing cranes for use in the hot industry of t...  Read story