It’s time to bury the ‘clean vs. dirty’ debate in energy
Guest Post Many companies are finding that a mixture of oil and gas energy, together with solar and wind power, fit their needs -- and the energy industry is benefitting too.
Clean-tech tycoon Warren Buffett bets big on solar with $2 billion deal
January 3, 2013 3:14 PM
Christina Farr
Through his company Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett has acquired two SunPower solar power plant projects for between $2 billion and $2.5 billion.
Clean-tech startup LightSail pulls in $37.3M from Bill Gates, Peter Thiel
November 5, 2012 2:27 PM
Christina Farr
LightSail has earned some heavyweight support from both venture capital firms and angel investors, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
AutoGrid pulls in $9M to turn ‘big data’ into an energy source
October 29, 2012 5:52 PM
Christina Farr
AutoGrid, a Bay Area-based startup founded in 2011, pulled in $9 million to develop its "big data" technology to help utilities and businesses control their energy usage.
Clean Power Finance connects investors, solar providers and gets $75M from Google
September 27, 2011 10:38 AM
Matthew Lynley
Search giant Google today announced it has made another large investment in a residential solar provider, this time dropping $75 million into Clean Power Finance, an online service that connects solar panel installers with investors.
Clean Power Finance connects solar …
SolarCity raises $14M of $42M round for home solar panels
July 1, 2011 11:37 AM
Matthew Lynley
Home solar-panel leasing company SolarCity has raised $14.8 million of a planned $42 million funding round, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SolarCity leases residential solar panels for a 15-year period, handling all the maintenance during …
Flexible solar panel maker SoloPower raises $15M of $44M round
June 29, 2011 10:02 AM
Matthew Lynley
Flexible solar panel manufacturer SoloPower has raised $15 million of a targeted $43.8 million fifth round of funding, according to a new filing with the securities and exchange commission.
SoloPower manufactures photovoltaic cells, which capture sunlight and convert it to …
Google report suggests huge payout for clean technology expansion
June 28, 2011 5:33 PM
Matthew Lynley
Aggressive spending and expansion in clean technology would generate 1.1 million new jobs by 2030 and reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent, according to a new report by Google. If the U.S. employs more federal mandates and provides …
Alabama nuclear plant outlasts natural disaster
An Alabama-based nuclear power plant with similar specifications to the Fukushima Daiichi plant that was ravaged by an earthquake in Japan outlasted catastrophic weather in the southeast and has shut down without incident.
Diesel engines, the second line of defense …
Google drops $168M in California solar power tower
Google has invested $168 million into a solar power energy project led by BrightSource Energy in the Mojave desert in California, the search giant announced today.
The new project doesn’t rely on photovoltaic cells that capture sunlight and convert it …
Giving clean energy an American makeover
In American politics, energy and the environment are rocky issues. So when President Obama called this week for the U.S. to run on 80 percent clean energy by 2035, he couched it in terms that this capitalistic, economically anxious nation …
Ciara's top posts of 2010
Tech journalism, and tech companies, for me have always been about ideas and their ability to change the world. What matters is not only the strength of the light you can shed on a subject but what you choose to …
Facebook heads back east with a relatively green data center in North Carolina
Social networking titan Facebook is investing around $450 million to open a second standalone data center out in the evergreen hills of Forest City, North Carolina, the company announced today.
The data center should take around 18 months to build …
On the GreenBeat: Saudi Arabia imports SolFocus's solar, Prop 23 could send VC investment to China
Here are the top cleantech stories we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
SolFocus announced it will build the first and largest concentrated photovoltaic solar system in Saudi Arabia, delivering around 300 megawatt-hours of energy. Japanese thin-film solar company Solar …
Can clean energy companies close India's energy gap?
A new report from the World Resources Institute and partners claims that the market for clean energy products among India’s rural poor is potentially worth $2.11 billion per year. $2.04 billion of this market is for decentralized renewable energy such …
