Hewlett-Packard, tapping into its IP back catalog, recently announced that it would license its thin film transparent transistor technology to Livermore, Calif.-based Xtreme Energetics (XE) to develop advanced concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar arrays for rooftops and utilities.
HP’s thin, flat transistors, which are made of cheap, plentiful zinc and tin, will create a tracking system that [...]
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Continuing its streak of recent renewable deals, California utility PG&E announced yesterday that it would purchase 106.8 megawatts of solar thermal-biofuel hybrid power from San Joaquin Solar, a subsidiary of Portugal’s Martifer Renewables.
The two 53.4 megawatt plants combine the use of conventional solar thermal technology with biofuels derived from agricultural waste, livestock manure and grass [...]
Big Blue announced today that it was introducing a suite of new energy efficient technologies and services to help businesses struggling with surging costs and tougher sustainability requirements. The big push is for “modular”: IBM will sell miniature versions of its data centers that come pre-assembled and cut energy consumption in half.
Its offerings will include:
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Emissions will jump 130 percent and oil demand 70 percent by 2050 unless governments take immediate action to start a new $45 trillion “energy technology revolution,” according to a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report.
Halving emissions by mid-century will require governments to rapidly drive up the cost of producing carbon to $200 per ton — [...]
Aquaculture may not rank high on most investors’ priority lists, but with global food prices continuing their inexorable rise and billions now pouring into farming, one startup is making the bet that this growing sector may finally be ready for prime-time.
Honolulu-based Hawaii Oceanic Technology has developed what it calls a “revolution in open ocean aquaculture [...]
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Potentially throwing a wrench into future ocean fertilization trials, which are intended to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by storing carbon deep underwater, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity called for a moratorium yesterday on the practice of adding nutrients to the oceans.
While it may not carry any legal weight, the “de facto moratorium” [...]
With the market for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) finally starting to heat up in earnest, several companies are making big bets on advanced rechargeable battery technologies. One of these is PowerGenix, a San Diego, Calif.-based startup that makes nickel-zinc (NiZn) batteries.
Another is ZPower, a startup that hopes to oust lithium ion as the dominant technology [...]
You wouldn’t believe it from the sturm und drang rocking the housing and construction markets, but the green building sector is experiencing a quiet surge.
The green building industry, a catchall phrase meant to encompass any practice or technology that increases the efficiency with which buildings consume resources, raked in an estimated $12 billion in revenues [...]
Not content to let VCs and private investors have all the fun, the World Bank, U.S., Britain and Japan have announced they will raise at least $5.5 billion for two climate change funds — a cleantech fund, which will begin with $5 billion, and one for research and development, with $500 million. The cleantech fund, [...]
They may not receive as much attention as flashy Silicon Valley types, but Midwestern VCs would like you to know that, yes, they too are serious about investing in cleantech. The latest to join the fray are Rick Kieser and Scott Prince, whose Cincinnati, Ohio-based Clean Wave Ventures is in the midst of raising $100 [...]
Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, has taken a number of stakes in solar and wind startups over the past year, most recently joining a $115 million investment in solar thermal firm BrightSource Energy. It now seems to be focusing its attention on the bustling geothermal energy sector, with Google co-founder Sergey Brin recently expressing a strong [...]
Houston, Texas-based EnLink Geoenergy Services is tapping into investors’ growing appetite for geothermal energy to ramp up its development of geothermal heat pump (GHP) installations for residential, commercial and institutional settings.
EnLink, which was founded in 1995, has developed over 75 projects in 14 states — the majority of which, 69 percent, are in schools. GHP [...]
Spanish utility and renewable heavyweight Iberdrola has revealed that it will invest a hefty $8 billion in the American cleantech sector over the next 3 years. Though it plans on focusing most of its investment activities in the U.S.’s burgeoning wind sector, it also hopes to gain a foothold in the country’s other clean energy [...]
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