California politician and “green” entrepreneur Robert Hertzberg has found a receptive environment for solar panels in Wales. Shiela MacVicar visits his Welsh factory.

A video from the Discovery Channel, showing how solar panels are made.

Solar power is being harnessed to power more American homes and businesses than ever before. And as Bill Whitaker reports, the high price of solar energy is offset by its long term paybacks.

General Motors Europe, Veolia Environnement, Clairvoyant Energy and the Government of Aragon, today announced a further commitment to energy efficiency with the construction of the world’s largest capacity rooftop solar power station.

Practicality abounds in IT shops these days; first, we had the realization that 99.9 uptime was good enough for most business applications, preventing us from overspending on hardware. Now several vendors have taken this thinking into the data storage arena, and it’s reducing costs and energy consumption dramatically.