Here’s the latest action we’re following on the GreenBeat today:
Solyndra raises $75 million in credit facility – The solar manufacturer’s latest round of financing to shore up its capital needs come in the form of a secured credit facility …
FaceCake is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2011 event taking place this week in Palm Desert, Calif. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains …
EcoATM is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2011 event taking place this week in Palm Desert, Calif. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains …
AboutOne is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2011 event taking place this week in Palm Desert, Calif. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains …
Good news for green entrepreneurs: There’s a handful of new investment funds forming that have their eye on cleantech investing.
Today, investment firm BlackRock and European renewables company NTR said they would team up to launch a new renewable power …
Electric cars are getting blinged out.
We’ve written before about how major automakers like Nissan, Ford and GM are plowing forth with electric car and hybrid offerings. Nissan, in particular, wants to grab 20 percent of the global electric cars …
Here’s the latest action we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
Oregon geothermal project wins $96.8 million loan guarantee – The Department of Energy has finalized a loan guarantee to a project sponsored by U.S. Geothermal. The funds will go to …
It’s surprising to see people get worked up about light bulbs. But the country’s government-mandated shift to more energy-efficient lighting is raising the ire of conservatives.
Congressman Ron Paul, in some circles considered the “spiritual father of the Tea Party,” …
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Accel Partners is planning to raise $2 billion in new funds and invest more broadly into energy opportunities in China, VentureBeat has learned, even as Peter Wagner, the man who led its cleantech efforts, is leaving the company.
The …
Private equity firm Silver Lake is teaming up with billionaire George Soros’s fund to invest in “the energy and resource sectors.”
The new fund is called Silver Lake Kraftwerk (the press release refers to it as “SLKW”) and will be …
Phononic Devices has raised $10 million in a second round of financing to make your refrigerator cheaper and more energy efficient.
The company plans to do this with its thermoelectric, energy-efficient module (pictured below), which could one day replace traditional …
Smart grid wireless communications and software player SmartSynch has raised $25.6 million out of a planned $33.4 million round.
The world is expected to see $200 billion in smart grid investment by 2015. Startups like SmartSynch and major companies like …
Toyota, maker of the hybrid Prius and the upcoming plug-in version of the Prius, will launch its own home electric car charger, jumping into what is shaping up to be a crowded market.
Major companies and startups alike have surged …
Transphorm came out of stealth today with the high-profile backing of Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, and power-conversion technology it says can tackle billion-dollar energy losses.
With its power switching technology, Transphorm is taking aim at a billion-dollar inefficiency issue …
Google said today it had invested in a startup called Transphorm, whose power-conversion efficiency technology could some day help create more efficient electric cars.
The company’s technology can reduce by up to 90 percent the power lost when one form …
Here’s the latest action we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
Vinod Khosla strikes back at the WSJ — Range Fuels, a biofuels startup backed by billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, got dealt a pretty tough criticism in a WSJ editorial …
As public and political eyes turn to the federal budget and cost-cutting, Silicon Valley startups backed by Department of Energy loan guarantees and grants are coming under scrutiny.
Solar cell company Solyndra is at the front of this. There’s a …
After several rounds of delays and price increases, electric car startup Fisker says it will start production next month for the Karma, a luxury plug-in hybrid priced at $95,900.
The company raised $150 million earlier this month at a $600 …
When people think of Texas, there are always certain stereotypes that come up — cowboys, twangs, conservative politics, boots, guns, and big, gas-guzzling trucks.
While some stereotypes are rooted in truth, Texas can surprise you. Like when people actually visit …
Thin-film solar panel maker MiaSole has reportedly raised $125 million in sixth round of equity financing.
The round values the company at less than half it was in 2008, dropping from a $1.2 billion pre-money valuation in 2008 to a …
