Today's Date:
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Transportation
April 10, 2008
Susan Preston, general partner for the California Clean Energy Fund's new Clean Energy Angel Fund, says more angels are needed to fund greentech investments of between $500,000 and $5 million. The fund, which is raising up to $20 million, plans to spend the cash on solar, energy efficiency, transportation, cooling systems and lighting.
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?
April 02, 2008
Electrorides prepares to debut its electric truck, and will offer an option to trick it out with an engine that uses vegetable oil or biodiesel.
March 31, 2008
Greentech Media CEO Scott Clavenna describes the complications of a jump start, Prius style. Among the tools needed: a preschooler, who is not included.
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 27, 2008
GridPoint and Duke Energy say they have tested a technology that would prevent charging during times of peak demand, while EPRI and Ford pair to integrate plug-in hybrids into the grid.
March 26, 2008
Clean-vehicle companies could lose hundreds of millions in potential revenue if a state board slashes the number of nonpolluting vehicles it will require, association says. But a board spokesperson hints the board is considering a higher number than proposed.
March 17, 2008
With the announcement, expected to mark the switch to a more powerful transmission, the electric-sports car startup plans to ramp up production to more than 100 Roadsters per month by early next year.
March 14, 2008
The California governor says national environmental guidelines are needed and advocates nuclear power and a carbon cap-and-trade system for the state. He also defends big vehicles, like his famous Hummer.
March 14, 2008
Less than a month after Virgin Atlantic became the first airline to complete a test flight using a biofuel blend, Continental Airlines announces it will conduct its own demonstration next year.
March 10, 2008
As New Energy Finance uncovers which private-equity firms racked up the most cleantech deals last year, the industry continues to see more financing in wave energy, transportation, solar, carbon offsets and biofuels.
March 10, 2008
At the UC Berkeley Energy Symposium, a state Air Resources Board member proposed a plan to make cities responsible for budgeting their portions of carbon emissions. The program could open the door for urban carbon-monitoring and tracking technologies, as well as energy-efficiency technologies.
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
As the Environmental Protection Agency formally denies California the right to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, analysts suggest that new technology to make cars greener could continue to come out in other countries, with stronger policies, first. But higher fuel prices could change that forecast.
February 26, 2008
The Norwegian electric-car company known for its iconic tiny car says its next model will be bigger -- and will be developed together with a large automaker.
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 26, 2008
The San Francisco mayor says it's time to get serious about combating climate change with greentech and advises a Cleantech Forum audience to insist on more government support -- or face a fall.
February 25, 2008
Virgin Atlantic announced the first test flight fueled with a little bit of biofuel, but critics say the environmental benefit is nil.