Today's Date:
Friday, May 09, 2008
Batteries & Storage
May 07, 2008
MTI MicroFuel Cells partners with a mystery digital-camera manufacturer and says the agreement could lead to products in as little as two years. The company plans to launch its first products in other applications next year.
May 05, 2008
Kleiner Perkins and Generation Investment Management close greentech funds, while SunRay, Sunovia, SkyFuel, Mascoma, Range Fuels and ReliOn – among others – score cash.
May 01, 2008
The United States has approved the use of some micro fuel cells in airplanes, removing a major market barrier. But companies still have hurdles to jump before they can make their technologies mainstream.
April 29, 2008
The A123Systems subsidiary starts accepting orders for a kit that turns Toyota Prius hybrids into plug-ins. If it's successful, it could drive car manufacturers to roll out their plug-in hybrids more quickly, an analyst says.
April 28, 2008
Slovenia-based Pipistrel is taking orders for the world's first electric glider, Oregon-based Windward Performance seeks funding for a battery-powered plane and the Experimental Aircraft Association petitions for permission to bring small electric aircraft to consumers.
April 17, 2008
The greentech market is moving ahead. These are the companies leading the way.
April 10, 2008
The Clean Tech Open begins as UC Berkeley's greentech contest closes and the California Clean Energy Fund announces an angel fund. Will these efforts to seed innovation be enough?
April 09, 2008
Auto companies are ramping up their green marketing. But are they really bringing green-car technology any closer?
March 31, 2008
As Ireland's largest utility promises to invest $16.5 billion in renewable-energy projects and technology, smart-grid company GridPoint grabs $15 million, solar installer AES Solar raises up to $1 billion and CMEA Ventures closes its largest venture fund at $400 million.
March 28, 2008
Concerns over the financial impact to clean-car developers rise after the state cuts the number of nonpolluting vehicles to be required by manufacturers from 25,000 to 7,500.
March 27, 2008
Electric-car startup Aptera scores an undisclosed amount of funding to start manufacturing of its first vehicles this year, while Silicon Valley startup Project Better Place plans to bring Denmark a nationwide system of electric cars.
March 06, 2008
After announcing a partnership with battery startup A123Systems and an investment from General Electric, the Norwegian electric-car company says it aims to bring a five-seat vehicle called Ox to the United States as early as late 2010.
March 03, 2008
While a slew of greentech companies pitched for funding at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco last week, others startups in biofuels, water, carbon trading, batteries and solar caught cash.
February 29, 2008
With natural-gas prices on the rise and renewable-energy targets pushing for greener energy, utilities such as Xcel Energy are hoping that batteries can take the edges off bumpy wind-power production.
February 28, 2008
As the industry faces a paucity of energy engineers, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla says India is well-positioned to be a greentech innovation leader.
February 27, 2008
Alexander Karsner, an assistant secretary with the DOE, announces that Kleiner Perkins, ARCH Venture Partners and Foundation Capital have gained a year's entrance to government labs to build companies with the fruits of government research.
February 26, 2008
To help it meet its sustainability goals, the retail giant has launched a Web site to help it meet greentech entrepreneurs.
February 15, 2008
In spite of uncertainty about the fate of renewable-energy tax incentives in the United States, venture capitalists continue to bet big on greentech. Solar, lighting, cars and biogas benefit.
February 13, 2008
The Georgia Institute of Technology wants to make a hydrogen-fueled vehicle that separates and stores carbon dioxide until it can be sequestered... but why go and make things so complicated?