Comments on: Practical Instruments joins solar gold rush, raises $8M

By: wheres mario?

wheres mario? — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:18:21 +0000

what do you mean when you say, just because the sun isnt up for about 8 hours everyday? that doesnt make sense, solar energy is a really good alternative

By: San Jose Plumbing

San Jose Plumbing — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:51:29 +0000

8 million is quite the fund. I don’t think solar energy is really the best alternative energy source we could be exploring. Just because the sun isn’t up for about 8 hours every day. I don’t care how much it can store.

By: aloise

aloise — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:08:32 +0000

what instruments did the gold rush play?!!!!!!!!! plz answer the question i need it for homework pretty plz luv ya bye and answer it and sent it in my mail.!!!!!!!!!??????……….plz!!!!!!PLZ>>>PRETTY PLZ PLZ PLZ thanks alot bye

By: "Harley" Russ Biermann

"Harley" Russ Biermann — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:34:31 +0000

The articles are interesting ,informative and have struck an interest for me once I have finished the project at hand.To which I am seeking financing and partners for,on the table currently is a perpetual, alternate, hydrocarbon fuel;oily cellulose fiber is it`s base.I am at production of the second manual prototype which will allow us end result production.And a by-product end result of seven marketable commodities,leaving zero footprint. The after the fact storage of photovoltaic,solar power, generated through water to steam to turbine interest me greatly,as I have a way to store the power for use when the sun is not predominant.As well I am researching enzyme technologies for gaseous by-product production. Youre`s Truly “Harley”

By: Gold

Gold — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:44:13 +0000

Hi there, This is a pretty cool blog on Practical Instruments joins solar gold rush, raises $8M! Thanks a lot and have fun!

By: Jerry Calsetta

Jerry Calsetta — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:05:54 +0000

I owen a plumbing & heating bussiness in Vermont, with a growing interst in solar allternitives in this state it would be advantages to investicate new alturnatives.

By: VentureBeat Wire » Energy Innovations loses another employee, despite Google solar deal

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:20:24 +0000

[...] But based on Harris’ comments, about being an entrepreneur, and the fact that he’d served out his one-year contract at EI after the company bought his previous company, this may be quite understandable. Add to that the massive opportunity afforded to entrepreneurs in this area — given all the hungry venture capital being invested into solar companies — you’d expect this sort of thing to happen. Another employee, Brad Hines, also left EI two years ago, to start Practical Instruments, saying he could produce technology that fit better with industry standards. VentureBeat Community [...]

By: VentureBeat Wire » Practical Instruments gets $8M for new solar tech

VentureBeat Wire » Practical Instruments gets $8M for new solar tech — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:43:01 +0000

[...] See our story here. VentureBeat Community [...]

By: VentureBeat » Google builds largest solar installation in U.S. — oh, and bigger than Microsoft’s

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:21:22 +0000

[...] The contract win by Energy Innovations follows an announcement today by a competing southern California firm, Practical Instruments, that it had raised $8 million in venture backing. That company’s founder, Gary Hines, said he left Energy Innovations two years ago because it was having difficulty selling its unconventionally shaped panels. (Installers are used to the plat panel shapes produced by the likes of Sharp, SolarPower and others — the type you see in images here). [...]