Out Of The Box: Bloom Energy Debuts 'Electrons' Financing Service
In a move that could be torn from the playbook of SolarCity, Bloom Energy introduced a financing service today called Bloom Electrons that could popularize its solid oxide fuel cells, and make clean...
View ArticleSolar Universe Raises $7 Million To Franchise Solar Installation
Solar Universe — a company building a franchise of solar installers across North America — raised a $7 million series b investment led by RockPort Capital, the company announced today. Abe Yokell, a...
View ArticleAs Non-Proliferation Treaty Takes Effect, Should Nukes Be Seen As Clean...
This weekend, a ratified nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States went into effect, reducing and limiting each nation’s allowable arsenal of nuclear weapons. The new Strategic...
View ArticleHighlights (And Low Budgets) From The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit 2011
Today marked the last day of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) 2011 summit in Washington D.C. Here are some of the deals and agency decisions revealed or...
View ArticleFollowing Earthquake, Japanese Officials Fear Partial Nuclear Meltdown Underway
A massive earthquake that struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Friday— taking 1,200 lives, with thousands still unaccounted for and ten thousand feared dead by police — also damaged multiple...
View ArticleEnergy Excelerator, The Accelerator For Clean Energy Startups, Receives $30M...
Energy Excelerator, a Hawaii-based accelerator program for cleantech start-ups, has received an investment of $30 million from the Navy’s Office of Naval Research under the Asia Pacific Technology...
View ArticleSamsung Ventures Leads $17M Round In Lithium-Polymer Battery Maker Seeo
Seeo, a Hayward, California-based company that makes lithium polymer batteries, has closed a $17M round led by new investor Samsung Ventures, the investment arm of Samsung Group. Existing investors...
View ArticleGoogle’s Project Sunroof Now Tells More Homeowners How Well Solar Would Work...
Google’s Project Sunroof, which started as a 20 percent project by Google engineering lead Carl Elkin, helps you figure out how well solar panels would work on your roof. The company launched the...
View ArticleEnergy is the new new internet
If you’re not paying attention to what’s going on in energy, you should. We’ve seen this movie before. Spoiler alert: There’s massive economic opportunity ahead. How massive? Imagine standing in 1992,...
View ArticleOut Of The Box: Bloom Energy Debuts 'Electrons' Financing Service
In a move that could be torn from the playbook of SolarCity, Bloom Energy introduced a financing service today called Bloom Electrons that could popularize its solid oxide fuel cells, and make clean...
View ArticleSolar Universe Raises $7 Million To Franchise Solar Installation
Solar Universe — a company building a franchise of solar installers across North America — raised a $7 million series b investment led by RockPort Capital, the company announced today. Abe Yokell, a...
View ArticleAs Non-Proliferation Treaty Takes Effect, Should Nukes Be Seen As Clean...
This weekend, a ratified nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States went into effect, reducing and limiting each nation’s allowable arsenal of nuclear weapons. The new Strategic...
View ArticleHighlights (And Low Budgets) From The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit 2011
Today marked the last day of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) 2011 summit in Washington D.C. Here are some of the deals and agency decisions revealed or...
View ArticleFollowing Earthquake, Japanese Officials Fear Partial Nuclear Meltdown Underway
A massive earthquake that struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Friday— taking 1,200 lives, with thousands still unaccounted for and ten thousand feared dead by police — also damaged multiple...
View ArticleEnergy Excelerator, The Accelerator For Clean Energy Startups, Receives $30M...
Energy Excelerator, a Hawaii-based accelerator program for cleantech start-ups, has received an investment of $30 million from the Navy’s Office of Naval Research under the Asia Pacific Technology...
View ArticleSamsung Ventures Leads $17M Round In Lithium-Polymer Battery Maker Seeo
Seeo, a Hayward, California-based company that makes lithium-polymer batteries, has closed a $17M round led by new investor Samsung Ventures, the investment arm of Samsung Group. Existing investors...
View ArticleGoogle’s Project Sunroof Now Tells More Homeowners How Well Solar Would Work...
Google’s Project Sunroof, which started as a 20 percent project by Google engineering lead Carl Elkin, helps you figure out how well solar panels would work on your roof. The company launched the...
View ArticleEnergy is the new new internet
If you’re not paying attention to what’s going on in energy, you should. We’ve seen this movie before. Spoiler alert: There’s massive economic opportunity ahead. How massive? Imagine standing in 1992,...
View ArticleDidi Chuxing will build its own electric vehicle charging network
Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-sharing company, will form a joint venture to build its own charging network for electric cars. In an announcement today, Didi Chuxing co-founder and chief executive...
View ArticleMicrosoft signs its first renewable energy deal in Asia with Singaporean...
As part of its goal to use more renewable energy in its datacenters, Microsoft said it has entered an agreement with Singapore-based clean energy firm Sunseap. The value of Microsoft’s investment was...
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