Other Energy

EnerNOC Moves Into Demand Response for Natural Gas

EnerNOC Moves Into Demand Response for Natural Gas

Katherine Tweed: April 18, 2012

EnerNOC continues to push outside of its core business.

Things Energy Investor Vinod Khosla Doesn’t Like

Things Energy Investor Vinod Khosla Doesn’t Like

Eric Wesoff: April 16, 2012

List includes environmentalists, NGOs, Chief-of-Staff’s former employer.

VantagePoint Capital Challenged in VC Fund Raising, Staff Moves

VantagePoint Capital Challenged in VC Fund Raising, Staff Moves

Eric Wesoff: April 13, 2012

Fund-raising and personnel woes hit even the largest cleantech VC players.

9 States Have More Than 10 Percent Renewables

9 States Have More Than 10 Percent Renewables

Katherine Tweed: April 12, 2012

Hydro not included!

Q1 2012 Green Investment Falls Off a Cliff

Q1 2012 Green Investment Falls Off a Cliff

Jeff St. John: April 12, 2012

Bloomberg New Energy Finance clocks a first-quarter drop in clean energy investment to $27 billion, the worst since Q1 2009.

D.light Design’s CEO on Innovation, Energy, and Emerging Markets

D.light Design’s CEO on Innovation, Energy, and Emerging Markets

Eric Wesoff: April 10, 2012

“Cleantech is necessary but insufficient for success.”

Greentech IPO Spring: BrightSource, Enphase, Enerkem, Luca Debut

Greentech IPO Spring: BrightSource, Enphase, Enerkem, Luca Debut

Eric Wesoff: April 9, 2012

Four greentech IPOs in biofuels and solar look to float in spring 2012.

Guest Post: Hawaii Can Show the Way to a Better Energy Future

Guest Post: Hawaii Can Show the Way to a Better Energy Future

Richard Ha, Robert Rapier: April 6, 2012

Canary in a coal mine or beacon for the world? Can Hawaii replace oil with geothermal power?

Green Job Moves: Carbon War Room, Serious, B&W, Nth Power, Switch Lighting

Green Job Moves: Carbon War Room, Serious, B&W, Nth Power, Switch Lighting

Eric Wesoff: April 6, 2012

Jigar Shah replaced by José María Figueres Olsen, former President of Costa Rica; Kevin Surace no longer CEO of Serious Whatever.

Coal Consumption Drops to Lowest Level Since 1996

Coal Consumption Drops to Lowest Level Since 1996

Katherine Tweed: March 30, 2012

Natural gas gains ground, but what will it take for renewables to be a part of the conversation?

The Nuclear Failure in California Could Be a Big Test for Solar

The Nuclear Failure in California Could Be a Big Test for Solar

Herman K. Trabish: March 30, 2012

SDG&E is working on how to deal with the San Onofre nuclear plant shutdown and solar power’s variability.

Can Microgrids Electrify One Billion People?

Can Microgrids Electrify One Billion People?

Katherine Tweed: March 27, 2012

Falling technology costs and innovative software bring power to remote villages.

Obama Visits Largest Solar Plant in US and Talks Energy

Obama Visits Largest Solar Plant in US and Talks Energy

Eric Wesoff: March 22, 2012

President praises solar power, supports homegrown fossil fuels, and calls opponents of green energy “the Flat Earth Society.”

EnergySource’s New Geothermal Plant Is Online Near the Salton Sea

EnergySource’s New Geothermal Plant Is Online Near the Salton Sea

Herman K. Trabish: March 22, 2012

The region may be the best resource—and best-kept secret—in the geothermal sector.

China’s Solar, DC-Powered Microgrid, Courtesy of Intel, Nextek, LBNL and People Power

China’s Solar, DC-Powered Microgrid, Courtesy of Intel, Nextek, LBNL and People Power

Jeff St. John: March 20, 2012

China’s Xiamen University enlists partners to use direct-current solar power for lights, HVAC and data centers. Will DC-to-the-desktop be next?