Today's Date:
Thursday, July 03, 2008
News
June 10, 2008
The U.S. Senate failed to advance a bill that would have extended the tax credits for various types of renewable energy businesses.
June 10, 2008
The startup has begun to peddle its offerings of micro-inverters and a service for monitoring and managing solar arrays.
June 9, 2008
The utility proposed to spend $100 million to install its first large-scale distributed solar generation project at homes, schools and businesses.
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 6, 2008
The International Energy Agency says the world needs to invest a whopping $45 trillion to reach the goal of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions in half by 2015.
June 6, 2008
The Chinese solar-panel manufacturer announced first-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts' expectations, but the stock fell more than 8 percent after a projected margin decline.
June 6, 2008
German lawmakers approved a measure to cut solar prices by 8 percent to 10 percent, far lower than the 30 percent advocated by some.
June 6, 2008
After being ousted as part of the fallout from a tax scandal, Dyadic International founder and former CEO Mark Emalfarb could reclaim the company's top position. Meanwhile, current executives are resigning to avoid working under him again.
June 5, 2008
The A123Systems' subsidiary has signed its first dealerships to install its kits to convert Prius owners into plug-ins, and four of them are official Toyota dealers.
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 5, 2008
The startup solar cell maker is jumping into a competitive market with its first production line being set up in Atlanta. Suniva is also negotiating contracts with three potential customers.
June 5, 2008
Japanese lingerie company Triumph International makes a solar-powered bra, but for anyone but exhibitionists, it will never see the light of day.
June 4, 2008
Iogen and Alico kill plans to build factories in the United States because of tough market conditions.
June 4, 2008
The wind energy producer debuted on the Lisbon exchange with fanfare, but lost its luster by the end of the day.
June 4, 2008
General Motors Board of Directors paves the road to bring the plug-in hybrid to market. But will Tesla Motors beat the auto giant to the punch with its own family-style, electric vehicle?
June 4, 2008
The Board of Supervisors passes solar incentives of up to $6,000 for homeowners and up to $10,000 for businesses. But the program won't be official until it wins another vote and the mayor's signature.
June 4, 2008
The metallurgical-silicon company files a lawsuit against Lawrence Asset Management after a fund manager allegedly calls the company "virtually worthless" and says there is no evidence it can deliver on its claims.
June 3, 2008
As utilities scramble to meet California's 20 percent renewable-energy target by 2010, Southern California Edison has signed the latest solar-thermal agreement with eSolar.
June 3, 2008
The engineering company and geothermal energy equipment maker will help build five power plants in Iceland.