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Coda aims to sell 50,000 electric cars by 2015 — The clean-wheeling startup recently hired a new chief executive and former GM executive Phil Murtaugh, who told reporters of its …
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia wants to become an exporter of solar.
Yup, that’s right. The country’s oil minister confirmed Saudi Arabia’s solar ambitions last year and said the country has the potential to export power, not just oil. So far it …
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1366 raises $28.4 million for cheaper wafers – Silicon wafer startup 1366 has raised $28.4 million in capital from investors that include GE Energy Financial Services, VantagePoint Venture Partners and …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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The Department of Energy has granted a $197 million loan guarantee to SoloPower for the building of a thin-film solar panel manufacturing facility in Wilsonville, Ore.
This marks a big win for SoloPower, which is coming off several weeks …
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Abengoa to build biofuels plant in Kansas — Spanish multinational corporation Abegnoa said today it will build a 26.4 million-gallon capacity bioethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas. It is the largest …
SolarCity has expanded again.
For the second time this year, the residential solar company has made an acquisition to expand its business on the East Coast. The company said today it purchased the residential solar installation division of GroSolar to …
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Tesla posts losses for fourth quarter — Electric car company Tesla released its fourth-quarter and 2010 earnings yesterday and said it would be looking to raise another $150 million to …
The Department of Energy has finalized a $343 million loan guarantee to develop a 500-kilovolt transmission line in northern Nevada that will connect the state with renewable energy sources.
Transmission lines and infrastructure that enable renewable energies to get to …
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Solar and wind prices have dropped — Increased manufacturing in China and the financial crisis has led to over-capacity and pushed prices down over the last three years, according to …
Solar thermal company BrightSource Energy has raised $89.5 million out of a planned $100 million round, according to an SEC filing.
Last summer, the company set out to raise $215 million and closed on $176 million of it as of …
Florida-based LED maker Lighting Science Group (LSG) announced today it has filed for a $150 million IPO.
The news follows this week’s successful IPO of Gevo, a biofuels and biochemicals company (that has never turned a profit) that raised $107 …
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MiaSolé accused of patent infringement — The solar startup has been served a patent infringement lawsuit by solar technology company Solannex. The suit alleges that MiaSolé lifted aspects of Solannex’s patented …
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Gevo shares rise after $107 million biofuels IPO — Gevo’s shares have climbed about 13 percent today to $16.94 at the time of this posting, up from its initial offering price …
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Bridgelux raises $21 million — According to an SEC filing, the LED company has raised $20.7 million of a $21 million fundraising goal. The company recently announced a new line …
