Today's Date:
Monday, September 08, 2008
In Brief
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.
December 19, 2007
Biotech industry and even Chrysler commend the law, which raises the national fuel-economy standard and requires fuel producers to use more biofuel.
December 17, 2007
After tensions flared, and Al Gore blamed the U.S. for "obstructing" progress at the U.N. climate-change conference, the world has created a negotiation road map for fighting climate change.
December 17, 2007
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania were among the U.S. states adding incentives for renewable energy last week as the federal government passed on such offerings.
December 13, 2007
Despite a marriage to traditional energy sources, the U.S. will get a rise from renewables by 2030, according to a government outlook. But at least one analyst warns investors not to get overexcited.
December 12, 2007
As the solar industry feels the heat of stock volatility, the oil giant lightens its renewable energy portfolio by selling its India and Sri Lanka solar businesses.
December 12, 2007
Thin-film solar company says it's on track to start its solar-panel assembly line in Luckenwalde, Germany. No word yet on the company's solar-cell plant in San Jose, Calif., which is scheduled to begin production this year.
December 11, 2007
Ioteq says it's raising $5 million, while Worldwide Water forms a new subsidiary and Vinod Khosla invests in Quos.
December 10, 2007
Pacific Ethanol halts plant construction, Chinese biodiesel producer Gushan Environmental Energy readies for an IPO and researchers claim a certain blend of ethanol offers better fuel economy than traditional unleaded.