The 5,500 people who live in the northeastern Pennsylvania town of Lehighton use electricity distributed by the borough government. In 2014, some of that power is expected to be generated by a hydroelectric plant at a nearby lake.
Five teams competed for $10,000 and a shot at nationals, and four students took home the prize for its innovative "Closing Schools, Opening Opportunities" plan.
Grease and waste food from restaurants often ends up in landfills, but one company near Lancaster has figured out how to transform that garbage into energy.
An estimated 56 percent of small businesses in Pennsylvania don�t have a website. Google and the state's Small Business Development Centers are hosting a workshop to show them how to build an online presence.
When Tim Martin came to PDC Spas seven years ago, perhaps 5 percent of its hot tubs and other products were sold overseas. Since then, that percentage has climbed to nearly half.
Tangent Energy Solutions and Sierra w/o Wire were among the big winners at the TechQuest's annual event, which featured more awards this year.
The Marcellus Institute, recently launched at Mansfield University, will train students to work on local natural gas-drilling sites through two new degrees offering specialized training.
The internodal connector architecture system, called INCA for short, includes elements such as nodes, springs and wires. Teams across the country are challenged to design innovations with the system and present them in Harrisburg.
Between 1959 and 1979, the Pittsburgh neighborhood went from 579 businesses to 98. Now they've got national retailers, small local merchants, coworking and even Google.
The National Geographic Society wanted a stellar website to match the historic nature of movie director James Cameron's expedition into the deepest point on Earth. It turned to West Reading design company Neo-Pangea.