Today's Date:
Thursday, July 03, 2008
In Brief
February 6, 2008
The company's second car, a sedan, will give buyers the option between going all-electric or adding a little gas.
February 6, 2008
The U.S. Senate failed to end a filibuster by one vote, likely ending hopes for an extension of tax credits for green energy in the economic stimulus plan.
February 5, 2008
Advanced Technology Ventures closes a $303 million fund, joining the ranks of private firms raising money for green technology. But can VCs spend it all?
February 1, 2008
SunPeak to build mass-scale solar-power systems using Emcore technology that makes electricity by sending concentrated sun rays toward solar cells.
February 1, 2008
The alliance planning to build FutureGen, a clean-coal R&D plant, takes its battle to save the project up a notch.
January 31, 2008
The Web site tracking Google's 1.6-megawatt solar-power system reports no energy output. The problem isn't the solar panels, but the monitoring system.
January 28, 2008
After successfully manufacturing its first production Roadster, the company says it will have to wait a few more days for the arrival of its much-anticipated electric sports car because of a missed flight.
January 25, 2008
President Jonathan Bonanno says the round, which already is half subscribed, will go toward the startup's first project -- a hydroelectric plant in the Northwest.
January 24, 2008
A LinkedIn profile for Dave Pearce, former head of the Santa Clara, Calif., thin-film firm, lists him as CEO of NuvoSun.
January 15, 2008
The financial giant will buy a minority share of cleantech venture firm NGEN Partners.
January 7, 2008
GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, puts up the funding for SunPower to build and operate the solar projects, totaling about 8 megawatts.
January 4, 2008
Meanwhile, Nova announces financing for a new plant in Illinois and Better Biodiesel plans to buy an algae company.
January 2, 2008
The company expects revenue of between $960 million and $1 billion this year, with margins of between 26 and 31 percent.
December 27, 2007
Ex-staff members say that the rumors of layoffs are true and that former CEO David Pearce has left the company.
December 27, 2007
After snagging $200 million a few months ago, Project Better Place gets $30 million more for a leasing network to keep electric-vehicle batteries charged.
December 26, 2007
Proceeds from one of the solar firm's first commercial thin-film panels were slated for charity. But eBay says the listing violated its charity policy and removed the auction.
December 20, 2007
Element Labs raises $12.7M for LED technology for entertainment, architecture and other applications. The startup has created lighting effects for Super Bowl halftime shows, American Idol and Madonna. CeeLight also snags $4M for its LECs.
December 20, 2007
Less than a week after Nanosolar announced it had begun thin-film production, another copper-indium-gallium-selenide company selects a location for its first factory.
December 20, 2007
It's the latest in a series of water fundings in the last few months. The company's technology purifies water, sanitizes food and makes crops last longer.
December 19, 2007
To vehicle manufacturers' dismay, the European Commission proposes cutting the amount of carbon-dioxide emissions from a car's tailpipe by 19 percent.