10.14.08 Solar 5 Gainesville Considers German Solar Tariff In a move that would emulate Germany's feed-in tariff, a utility in Gainesville, Fla., could become the first to pay residents and businesses for solar power. by Jennifer Kho
10.13.08 Solar 3 Schwarzenegger: Solar Can't Be Stopped At the Solar Power International conference in San Diego, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says it's important to focus on solar and the environment in a difficult economy. by Jennifer Kho
10.13.08 Grid Edge 0 TerraWatt Closing on $1.5M for Inverters A new solar-inverter company, a spinoff of Advanced Energy Conversion, is raising $1.5 million for its technology to keep its customers power on, even if the grid has an outage. by Jennifer Kho
10.10.08 Solar 3 Solar Roundup: First Look at Solar Power International News begins to trickle out as companies head to San Diego for a conference and expo next week, while Schott Solar plans to unveil a new solar panel and SkyFuel has released a glass-free solar concentrator. by Jennifer Kho
10.09.08 0 Ballard to Deal 10,000 Fuel Cells to India The Vancouver-based company, which intends to ship about 1,700 fuel cells this year, has signed a deal to deliver more than four times as many natural-gas-fueled cells to Indian wireless telecom stations by 2010. by Jennifer Kho
10.03.08 0 Imperium 'Still Under Stress' After Recapitalizing The Seattle-based company said it has recapitalized as part of a plan to restructure the company. CEO John Plaza said he hopes to resume operations as soon as possible. by Jennifer Kho
10.03.08 1 ConocoPhillips Exec Touts Better Batteries, Cleaner Coal Steven Brand, head of technology for the oil company, said advances in lithium-ion batteries and so-called "clean coal" innovations are among the most important emerging technologies for the energy industry. by Jennifer Kho
10.02.08 Solar 0 Moser Baer India Signs $500M in Thin-Film Contracts In another move to bring amorphous-silicon solar panels to significance, the company says it has orders to deliver its films to European integrators through 2012. by Jennifer Kho
10.01.08 4 Google Proposes $4.4T U.S. Energy Plan Google CEO Eric Schmidt has proposed a new energy plan that the company claims could cut fossil-fuel based energy generation by 88 percent. What's the catch? It'll cost $4.4 trillion and require aggressive new national policies. by Jennifer Kho
10.01.08 0 Industry Gains Confidence in Algae About 40 percent of participants in a Greentech Media biofuels survey said they see algae-based biodiesel as more promising than electric vehicles, synthetic gasoline and diesel, syngas fuels or butanol. by Jennifer Kho