GPS satellite company GeoOptics wants to revolutionize how private satellite data is gathered. It’s developing a low-orbit satellite system that collects atmospheric information by recording how radio signals bend as they travel through the atmosphere to a receiver. It’s a …
Freight Pipeline Company, a company in Columbia, Missouri, is manufacturer of the “green bricks” that were named one of 2007′s best inventions by both Time Magazine and Popular Science, says it’s seeking $1 million in venture funding. To date …
Deeya Energy, a developer of energy storage devices using environmentally friendly materials, has secured a second-round investment of $15 million, continuing the trend we’ve seen lately in energy storage device investments (see our coverage of A123 Systems, Lilliputian Systems, M2E …
Australian company Ioteq has revealed a new technology that it says will sanitize water with one of the most environmentally responsible systems around.
The technology, called Isan, and revealed at last week’s AlwaysOn Venture Summit in Monterey, Calif., uses iodine …
There seems to be a bit of tension lingering after the appointment of Ze’ev Drori (pictured left, bottom) as the new CEO of Tesla Motors, the high profile Silicon valley electric car company.
Tesla released a statement last Friday at …
Tesla Motors, the high-profile Silicon Valley electric car company, announced it has appointed Ze’ev Drori, an experienced entrepreneur and car enthusiast, as its new chief executive officer.
This completes an arduous search process that spanned several months.
Drori (pictured left) …
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It’s no surprise this year is seeing record-breaking investment levels for the booming clean technology sector.
Venture capitalists invested $2.6 billion in companies that help the environment in some way during the first three quarters of 2007. That’s 48 …
(We’re on the conference call; live updating below)
Google today has launched a renewable energy initiative, pledging it will invest hundreds of million in projects to produce electricity from renewable energy sources.
Most significantly, Google said it wants …
A non-profit think tank based in Washington D.C., has released a service that estimates carbon emissions of power plants and power companies throughout the world.
The service, called Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA), is run by the Center for Global …
