Today's Date:
Friday, August 08, 2008
Finance & Venture Capital
June 30, 2008
Many public companies have yet to make enough money to expand without borrowing money or selling shares.
June 26, 2008
A Prometheus Institute report forecasts new players and long-time companies will expand worldwide silicon supplies by the end of 2008.
June 24, 2008
Bluewater Wind plans to build the first offshore wind farm in the U.S., but jumping through the bureaucratic hoops to make it happen could test the limits of its abilities.
June 24, 2008
The cellulosic-ethanol startup raised less money than planned for a demonstration project, with the University of Tennessee, to make ethanol from switchgrass.
June 24, 2008
The San Francisco company will use the money to offer services it says will make solar energy more affordable for homeowners.
June 23, 2008
Citigroup CFO Todd Thomson aims for a $3 billion cleantech fund, while Intel spins off SpectraWatt, Schott plans an IPO and SolFocus, Inventure Chemical Technology and GreenFuel Technologies seek cash.
June 23, 2008
After eliminating a subsidies program in 2005, Japan is considering an incentive program to give its solar companies an edge and meet emission-reduction goals.
June 20, 2008
The greentech venture capitalist becomes a target of a lawsuit by a prison inmate with a history of frivolous suits against the likes of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the Magna Carta and Hank Aaron's baseball bat.
June 19, 2008
The solar industry could produce 10 percent of the United States' total electricity by 2025, according to a study by Clean Edge and Co-Op America, but it'll take help from utilities and billions of dollars in investments.
June 17, 2008
The algae company gets a new CEO and says it plans to announce one or two U.S. projects soon, as well as close its long-awaited third round of funding.
June 17, 2008
Intel spins off SpectraWatt, joining other semiconductor companies, such as Applied Materials and IBM, which are making plays in the field. Should the rest of the solar industry be worried?
June 16, 2008
As gasoline prices breach $4 per gallon, Xtreme Energetics, GE Energy, G24 Innovations, Aurora Biofuels and Firefly Energy score funding, among others.
June 13, 2008
While the U.S. invests in commercializing plug-in vehicles by 2016, Nissan says it will have an electric vehicle ready by 2010 and Tesla strikes a deal with Daimler.
June 13, 2008
The new leader of a two-year-old company will be busy persuading investors that cellulosic ethanol is a good bet.
June 12, 2008
A quarterly report on cleantech patents shows a drop in solar, electric car and biofuel segments. Fuel cell patents are highly sought after.
June 12, 2008
On the first day of Intersolar in Munich, a two-year-old company begins selling its shares to raise $122.9 million.
June 9, 2008
Timminco rounds out a news-heavy week by closing a factory that makes cast-magnesium billet. Insiders are mixed on how this will affect the techology.
June 9, 2008
RockPort Capital Partners raised a $450 million fund and Khosla Ventures is looking to raise $640 million. Meanwhile, investors are pumping money into solar, biofuel and fuel-cell companies.
June 5, 2008
Air New Zealand plans to use biofuels to fly its jets for the first time. Rising crude oil prices have caused the airline industry to spend 40 percent of its budget on fuels.
June 4, 2008
The wind energy producer debuted on the Lisbon exchange with fanfare, but lost its luster by the end of the day.