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Solar Startup Solasta Seeks Next Round

The solar firm was founded in 2006 with A round funding from Kleiner Perkins and claims its process could increase the efficiency of conventional amorphous silicon PV by up to 150 percent.

Other Energy

  • Greentech for Social Good

    A group of entrepreneurs have developed portable power generators and irrigation systems to serve some of the poorest communities in the world.

    Other Energy

    Ucilia Wang November 19, 2009

  • Cleantech Open: It’s All About the Chemicals

    Green chemistry seems to be one of the more interesting topics at today’s Cleantech Open in San Francisco.

    Startups

    Michael Kanellos November 17, 2009

  • GE Gets Into ‘Cleaner Coal’ in China

    GE and Shenhua Group will form a joint venture to work on coal gasification projects. The U.S. and Chinese governments also announced a broad range of clean energy projects.

    Other Energy

    Jeff St. John November 17, 2009

  • Report: Muni Green Building Programs Up 50%

    A report by the American Institute of Architects shows a big boost in the number of cities with green building programs across the country.

    Green Building

    Ucilia Wang November 11, 2009

  • Vela Solaris Tackles the Solar Puzzle

    The Swiss startup licenses software for designing solar thermal heating and cooling or electric systems. Expect more software developers to jump into the solar market.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang November 5, 2009

  • Cal May Add 365MW in 2009, Still Short of 20% Mandate

    California’s utilities are signing gigawatts of renewable electricity contracts, but getting those electrons hasn’t been so easy.

    Policy

    Ucilia Wang October 30, 2009

  • How Do You Define Green?

    How do you divide up the green market? There are actually lots of ways.

    Finance and VC

    Michael Kanellos October 27, 2009

  • Death by Electron

    In the quest for untainted food and energy efficient corporations, Advanced Electron Beams has come up with way to keep microbes out of dairy products.

    Air & Water

    Michael Kanellos October 20, 2009

  • Energy and Health: The $120B Hidden Cost

    A National Research Council report quantifies how energy production and use poses a significant and expensive risk to humans.

    Policy

    Ucilia Wang October 19, 2009

  • The U.S. Left Behind in Nuclear

    It doesn’t matter whether or not it’s green – nuclear is here to stay as a global energy source.

    Other Energy

    Eric Wesoff October 9, 2009

  • Carbon Capture Works, Next Up: Storage

    Carbon capture using chilled ammonia caught 90 percent of a coal-fired plant’s CO2 output. Storing that carbon is another challenge.

    Other Energy

    Jeff St. John October 8, 2009

  • Feds Budget $750M for ‘Conventional’ Renewable Energy Generation

    The new loan guarantee program will support as much as $8 billion in loans for power plants using more mature solar, wind and other technologies.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 7, 2009

  • EU’s New Solar Plan Falls Short, Says Industry Group

    The European Commission releases a new technology plan to curb carbon emissions, and includes a Smart Cities Initiative for the first time to promote energy efficiency measures.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 7, 2009

  • Duke Plans Offshore Wind Pilot Project

    The utility expects to put up as much as $35 million to set up wind turbines off the North Carolina coast to about operating an offshore wind farm.

    Wind

    Ucilia Wang October 6, 2009

  • Geothermal Power, Lithium Mining Two-in-One in California

    Geothermal power plants can extract lithium from underground brine and sell it to battery makers. One geothermal project is turning to startup Simbol Mining to try it out.

    Other Energy

    Jeff St. John September 30, 2009

  • Home Fuel Cells, With Some Gov’t Help

    ClearEdge Power wants to sell combined heat and power fuel cell units to homes and small businesses. Bigger tax breaks could help.

    Other Energy

    Jeff St. John September 29, 2009

  • Feds Issue $550.4M Green Energy Cash Grants

    The Treasury is doling out a second round of money for its cash-instead-of-tax credit program, benefiting not only renewable energy developers but also manufacturers such as Solyndra and Vestas.

    Policy

    Ucilia Wang September 22, 2009

  • 11 Great Things to Do With Sewage

    The material that dare not speak its name (except if you’re 11 years old) makes its mark in greentech.

    Biofuels

    Michael Kanellos September 21, 2009

  • APS Gets $70.5M to Feed Captured Carbon to Algae

    The utility wants to capture carbon from a coal-fired plant and feed it to algae to make biofuel. It’s a less common form of carbon capture, but could offer the added benefits of a green fuel as an end product.

    Biofuels

    Jeff St. John September 16, 2009

  • Storing Water Underground, Schlumberger Style

    The oil services giant has a water division too, and it’s working on using existing underground aquifers to store water, among other projects.

    Air & Water

    Jeff St. John September 15, 2009
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