Company Profile

VPhase: Optimizing Voltage Isn’t Just for C+I

VPhase: Optimizing Voltage Isn’t Just for C+I

Katherine Tweed: August 23, 2011

A U.K. company’s solution for residential voltage optimization has caught the interest of General Electric.

Thin Film Solar Startup Solexant and Its New CEO

Thin Film Solar Startup Solexant and Its New CEO

Eric Wesoff: August 23, 2011

Who will claim the title of “Second Solar?”

Beacon Power’s Spin on Energy Storage: It’s a Service

Beacon Power’s Spin on Energy Storage: It’s a Service

Eric Wesoff: August 17, 2011

Selling frequency regulation services instead of flywheel energy storage hardware

Mission Motors: Thinking Small to Get Big in Cars

Mission Motors: Thinking Small to Get Big in Cars

Michael Kanellos: August 12, 2011

Shrink the battery and your EV can go farther, says Mission Motors.

Ray Anderson: 1934-2011

Ray Anderson: 1934-2011

Michael Kanellos: August 8, 2011

He made carpet. And he made a difference.

Can Microbes Extract Oil From the Ground?

Can Microbes Extract Oil From the Ground?

Michael Kanellos: July 27, 2011

Feed ‘em, fatten ‘em and then use them until they die.

Meet Mr. Lithium

Meet Mr. Lithium

Michael Kanellos: July 20, 2011

The lithium market is exploding, but it’s not easy to predict, says Peter Oliver, CEO of Talison Lithium.

Soltas and the Superhuman Solar Installer League

Soltas and the Superhuman Solar Installer League

Michael Kanellos: July 18, 2011

Can a holding company turn local installers into a 1 GW powerhouse?

SoloPower Founders Launch CdTe Thin Film Company

SoloPower Founders Launch CdTe Thin Film Company

Michael Kanellos: July 13, 2011

The technology, the company claims, could give cadmium telluride a new lease on life. But the founders were involved in a legal dispute with VCs in their last startup.

Efficiency 2.0: Couponing Your Way to Efficiency

Efficiency 2.0: Couponing Your Way to Efficiency

Katherine Tweed: June 30, 2011

This home energy management company helps users earn rewards for saving energy.

Luxim Brings American Lighting Tech to China

Luxim Brings American Lighting Tech to China

Eric Wesoff: June 28, 2011

A model for U.S. greentech leadership and economic recovery?

Can a Dog Tranquilizer Help Clean the High Seas?

Can a Dog Tranquilizer Help Clean the High Seas?

Michael Kanellos: June 28, 2011

An accidental discovery could let ships swap copper, a pollutant, for a tranquilizer in their paints.

Solar Thermal + Geothermal = Energy Storage

Solar Thermal + Geothermal = Energy Storage

Michael Kanellos: June 16, 2011

It’s a fluid injection system from Seec that can cut heating and hot water bills by 90 percent.

A Robot for the High Seas

A Robot for the High Seas

Michael Kanellos: June 7, 2011

Liquid Robotics has developed a green, semi-autonomous vehicle for patrolling the oceans for oil spills, smugglers and ecosystem health. Video too.

Can Isobutanol Replace Ethanol?

Can Isobutanol Replace Ethanol?

Michael Kanellos: June 1, 2011

Gevo can make a isobutanol, a fossil fuel substitute, with the same tools others use to make less valuable ethanol. Is this a microbe marriage made in heaven?