Archive for the ‘Solar-Energy’ 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 »
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
L.A. Southwest College 4-MW PV Project, California
L.A. Southwest College's new 4-MW solar project, which was designed and constructed by Chevron Energy Solutions, marks another milestone in the Los Angeles Community College District's efforts to make its colleges carbon neutral through its Renewable Energy Plan.
SolFocus Agreement with EMPE Solar
SolFocus ...
Posted in Concentrated-Solar, Eco-Efficiency, Finance, Hedge Funds, Industry-News, Natural Resources, Photovoltaics, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, green-technology, materials | No Comments »
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Venture capital firms invested a record $1.6 billion in Q3 2008, up 55% from the previous quarter, in U.S. cleantech companies, according to a new analysis by Ernst & Young. A total of $3.3 billion was invested in the first three quarters of 2008, surpassing the figure for the same ...
Posted in Biofuels, Carbon, Energy-Storage, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Renewable Fuels, Solar-Energy, Venture Capital, biomass, green-technology, law | No Comments »
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Evergreen Energy is at risk of becoming the clean energy casualty in the current credit crisis.
The clean coal technology company has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange that it is not in compliance with the NYSE's continued listing standard for minimum share price under Rule 5.5(b)(2) of the ...
Posted in Eco-Efficiency, Finance, Industry-News, Solar-Energy, Start-ups, green-technology, law | 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 »
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
There is only one thing more frightening than the looming prospect of a deep global recession. A boom.
Posted in HydroPower, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Photovoltaics, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Sustainability, Venture Capital, materials | 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 ...
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
ABOVE: Real Income Growth Tracks Miles Traveled Until Recently
ABOVE: U.S. Petroleum Consumption by Sector
Posted in Finance, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Photovoltaics, Renewable Fuels, Research | No Comments »
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Posted in Agriculture, Batteries, Biofuels, Bioremediation, CCS, Carbon, Climate-Change, Concentrated-Solar, Energy-STAR, Energy-Storage, Peak-Oil, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Renewable Fuels, Research, Solar-Thermal, Sustainability, Water, algae, biomass, green-technology | No Comments »
