Archive for the ‘Venture Capital’ Category
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
T. Boone Pickens, the proverbial man with a plan, says Obama made the right call by choosing Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff.Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) is a "BIG supporter" of shifting America's energy economy from oil to natural gas. Emanuel has apparently met with Boone on at ...
Posted in Climate-Change, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Energy-STAR, Finance, Green-Cars, Hydrogen, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, Water, Water-Filtration, Wind-Power, Wind-Turbines, green-technology, materials | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
T. Boone Pickens has delayed work on a state permit to build 170 miles of transmission lines carrying enough wind energy to power 300,000 homes, raising concerns that the much heralded Pickens plan may not pan out as planned.
Earlier this year, Pickens ordered nearly 670 turbines for the ...
Posted in Electricity, Hedge Funds, Industry-News, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Sustainability, Venture Capital, Wind-Power, Wind-Turbines, green-technology | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Porous Power Technologies, a Colorado-based lithium ion battery company, has solved a major battery design dilemma by developing a new form of laminatable microporous battery separators. Here is a breakdown of the batteries more compelling attributes:
Twice the life and high-draw capacity of lithium-ion batteries
Minimal heat output
Batteries charge 50% faster ...
Posted in Batteries, Climate-Change, Electricity, Energy-Storage, Finance, Lifecycles, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Renewable Fuels, Research, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, materials | 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 »
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Posted in Eco-Efficiency, Finance, Graphic, Hedge Funds, Industry-News, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, green-technology | No Comments »
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Transit agencies across the United States may need to find billions of dollars to repay investors as long-term financing deals disintegrate, a result of the global credit crisis that could eventually affect millions of commuters.
The recent collapse of insurance giant American International Group, which facilitated major financing deals between ...
Posted in Finance, Green-Cars, Hedge Funds, Industry-News, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Sustainability, Venture Capital | 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 »
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Quieter than a whisper, the SWIFT Wind Turbine, the first rooftop wind turbine installed in the United States, was pioneered by Cascade Engineering. The first rooftop installation went live early today in Muskegon, Mich., providing businesses and homeowners in windy environments an effective solution to lower energy bills and reduce ...
Posted in Finance, Industry-News, Sustainability, Venture Capital, Wind-Power, Wind-Turbines, green-building, green-technology | No Comments »
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
America's aging water infrastructure needs an overhaul desperately.
Liquid Assets, a new documentary film produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting about U.S. water infrastructure, reveals the poort conditionsof the nation's essential infrastructure systems: drinking water, wastewater and storm water. These complex and aging systems, some in the ground for more than 100 ...
Posted in Bioremediation, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Research, Sustainability, Venture Capital, Water, Water-Filtration, green-technology | No Comments »
