Crowdtap receives $7M so you can give big companies a piece of your mind
What if you got to directly influence brands like AOL, General Electric and Pinkberry while earning prizes? Crowdtap, which provides marketing research through its network of volunteers, received $7 million in funding to get you there.
According to Crowdtap, there are two big problems with marketing today. First, it’s expensive for businesses to gain insight into their potential markets. Exploring a market and testing a product has time, manpower and actual cash cost. Second, the … Continue Reading
U.S. DOE: Wind power production fell in 2010
Only around a quarter of the new electricity capacity introduced in 2010 came from wind power, down from 42 percent in 2009, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The average cost of installing new wind power held steady in 2010, while the cost of other forms of electricity fell, according to the report.
The cost of installing wind turbines and transmission lines also hasn’t yet caught up with the declining prices … Continue Reading
Oil still bringing in cash as Glori Energy snags funding from GE, NRG Energy
Glori Energy, which specializes in extracting additional oil from existing oil wells, announced today that it has secured funding from Energy Technology Ventures. The terms of the funding were not disclosed.
Typical wells extract oil by flooding the well with water to increase pressure and push the oil out of the well. Glori Energy is able to extract an extra 30 to 45 percent of oil left over in existing oil wells by flooding the … Continue Reading
Obama administration pledges $250M to smart grid developers
The U.S. government will make $250 million in federal loans available to developers of smart grid technology.
The new loans will be doled out to companies that offer some new way to improve the electrical grid in parts of the rural United States, where it can be difficult to get utility workers out to fix problems because the locations are remote and difficult to reach.
Rural homes might be the last in the U.S. to … Continue Reading
