Archive for the ‘Silicon Valley’ Category
Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Will a government led green revolution galvanize the foundering economy of the United States and set the stage for a new era of growth and prosperity? The question has attracted a significant amount of attention since the financial crisis began to escalate several months ago and stuck a wrench in ...
Posted in China, Climate-Change, Finance, India, Industry-News, Israel, Japan, Lifecycles, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, Start-ups, Sustainability, green-technology | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Under the ongoing global financial crisis, a lack of available credit is causing projects to be delayed or terminated, but the clean energy sector is continuing to attract substantial amounts of investment capital. Ernst & Young noted in early October that the global "clean technology" market is expected to garner ...
Posted in Climate-Change, Concentrated-Solar, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Finance, Industry-News, Nanotechnology, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Photovoltaics, Private Equity, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, green-technology | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
The Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion, a new research program at the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, has invested in a dozen next-generation solar energy research project.
The Center concentrates on ways to directly convert the sun's energy to clean, low-cost electricity and fuels, a research area called Solar Photoconversion. The ...
Posted in Finance, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Natural Resources, Research, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, green-technology, materials | No Comments »
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Posted in Africa, Antarctica, Bahrain, Canada, Carbon, China, Climate-Change, Electricity, India, Israel, Japan, Lifecycles, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Research, Silicon Valley, Sustainability, biomass, green-technology, map | No Comments »
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Suntech Expansion of U.S. Market Presence
Suntech Power announced three initiatives designed to significantly expand its share of the U.S. solar market, including establishment of a joint venture with MMA Renewable Ventures forming Gemini Solar Development Company, acquisition of EI Solutions with the new subsidiary to be named Suntech ...
Posted in Concentrated-Solar, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Hedge Funds, Photovoltaics, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Start-ups, Sustainability, green-technology | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
The good news is that solar energy will survive and flourish in the long term. The bad news it that it will be tough for many solar energy companies to survive the growing market glut, according to the new report from Lux Research entitled “Solar State of the Market Q3 ...
Posted in Concentrated-Solar, Electricity, Finance, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Photovoltaics, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Research, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, green-technology | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Hudson Clean Energy Partners Acquisition of Helium Energy
Hudson Clean Energy Partners announced that it has acquired Helium Energy S.L.U., a renewable energy development company headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
Nippon Oil and SANYO Electric Joint Company
Nippon Oil Corporation and SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. have reached a basic agreement to explore ...
Posted in Concentrated-Solar, Finance, Hedge Funds, Natural Resources, Photovoltaics, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Research, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Sustainability, Venture Capital, green-technology | No Comments »
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Two hedge funds have partnered in a project seeking to build a huge wind farm off Rhode Island that will provide 15% of that state’s power.
Deepwater Wind, which is owned by Ospraie Management, D.E. Shaw Group and First Wind, were chosen from seven groups that offered proposals to the Ocean ...
Posted in Finance, Hedge Funds, Industry-News, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Silicon Valley, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, Wind-Power, Wind-Turbines, green-technology, law | No Comments »
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Between 1990 and 2004, an estimated $41 billion was invested in the water sector. By 2004, nearly half of these investments were either canceled or in distress. As a result, total investment in all countries has fallen substantially since the late 1990s. In addition, investment in middle- and low-income countries ...
Posted in Africa, Bahrain, Bioremediation, Finance, India, Industry-News, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Research, Silicon Valley, Sustainability, Water, Water-Filtration | No Comments »
