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- Startup Zagster aims to be the Zipcar for bikes - Earth2Tech May 4, 2012Zagster aims to bring shared bikes to a campus, apartment complex, or hotel near you. The startup (once known as CityRyde) just signed Cisco and Hyatt Hotels to install its shared bike service in their locations, CEO Timothy Ericson told attendees of TechStars Boston Demo Day on Thursday. […]Barb Darrow
- China cuts solar subsidies - Smart Planet May 3, 2012This should please those in the West who complain that enormous Communist Party subsidies enable Chinese solar manufacturers to export to the U.S. and Europe at below market rates: Beijing has slashed its financial support for solar. […]Mark Halper
- C3 Acquires Efficiency 2.0 - Greentech Media May 2, 2012C3, which provides corporate energy management software, just scooped up Efficiency 2.0, a residential energy efficiency company that uses rewards to encourage people to save energy. […]KATHERINE TWEED
- Requirements for New DOE Voluntary Energy Savings Specifications - Clean Technica May 2, 2012For many commercial buildings in America, lighting represents about one-third of the total energy consumed. On average, over half of the lighting fixtures in commercial buildings operate for more than 10 hours a day and collectively consume more than 87 terawatt hours of electricity annually. […]Scott Raybin
- China's EV charging challenges - Smart Grid News May 2, 2012The EV industry is far from settled. Everybody agrees that uncertainty and the lack of infrastructure and associated standards are issues. This article is a compilation of the opinions of international leaders in the EV field. Slow charging Everybody agrees that this is the preferential way to go. The time is available at home, at work and at hotels. Accepta […]James Post