Ausra raises $25.5M for narrowed focus on solar equipment

Ausra raises $25.5M for narrowed focus on solar equipment

Ausra, one of the big names in Silicon Valley solar, just brought in $25.5 million to become a primary supplier of solar thermal equipment for utilities and power generation plants. The money couldn’t come at a better time as capital continues to dry up, especially… Continue Reading

Ausra picks up $60.6M more to become first solar thermal company on the grid

Ausra picks up $60.6M more to become first solar thermal company on the grid

As badly as the rest of the business world seems to be doing, renewable energy just keeps picking up steam. There has been a string of recent financings going to solar panel makers, financiers that help consumers and businesses buy solar installations, and now solar… Continue Reading

Ausra rakes in $24.5M for solar thermal power

A little over a month after opening its first 130,000-square-foot factory in Las Vegas, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Ausra, a developer of utility-level solar thermal power, has raised $24.5 million in a third roundof  funding from returning investors Khosla Ventures and KPCB. New investor KERN Partners,… Continue Reading