What if a burglar could browse data which reveals which houses in an area are empty, or a cyberattack could create an electricity blackout? What if you unwittingly paid for your neighbour’s electricity, or a hacker could hijack control of …
Top financial services company Citi has made its first investment in residential solar power via a $40 million fund to finance residential solar projects in 2011 for SolarCity.
The fund will be used to finance solar leases, bringing SolarCity’s total …
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Think City electric car recalled — The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recalled 39 of the 2011 Think City two-seater electric cars (pictured), Green Car Reports writes. …
Solar financing and installation startup Solar Universe has raised $7 million in a second round of funding, led by RockPort Capital.
The news comes as other companies in the rooftop solar service field are maturing and looking to expand, fueled …
Looks like SpectraWatt’s struggles haven’t deterred Intel from investing in solar.
SpectraWatt, an Intel spinoff which has raised about $50 million in venture capital to develop its solar cells, recently said it would close a plant and lay off 100 …
Home solar startup SolarCity is expanding its reach to the East Coast. To establish a toehold there, it has acquired solar installation expert Clean Currents Solar, formerly the solar installation division of a Mid-Atlantic green energy company.
The company will …
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BrightSource to power up Crete — The Greek island of Crete will install a 38-megawatt solar project with BrightSource’s solar thermal technology, which uses thousands of mirrors to concentrate sunlight …
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BP predicts renewable energy growth to outpace oil — The company’s Energy Outlook 2030 sees renewables, nuclear and hydropower growing steadily in the next two decades, outpacing the growth of …
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BrightSource Energy raises $1.75 million — According to an SEC filing, the solar thermal power company, which is a rumored IPO candidate this year, has raised a small round of …
Just after announcing it had raised a $51 million round, thin-film solar cell manufacturer SoloPower announced it would build what will become a 300-megawatt manufacturing facility in Oregon, boosted by a $20 million loan from the Oregon Department of Energy.…
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GE will acquire Lineage Power for $520 million — GE is purchasing the company from Gores Group in a move to expand its energy business. Lineage Power makes high-efficiency power …
Global investment in clean energy topped $243 billion last year, surging 30 percent from $186.5 billion in 2009, according to a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
The latest numbers show cleantech is still growing and attracting money, fueled in …
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China to double installed wind power – The country has been aggressively pursuing renewable energy and plans to more than double installed wind capacity by 2015, from 40 gigawatts in 2010 …
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The Department of Defense must buy American-made solar panels — That’s according to a provision in an appropriations act signed into law this week, Greentech Media reports. It requires all …
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ECOtality gets $10 million from ABB — The electric car charging infrastructure company announced it received an equity investment from global power electronics firm ABB Group. The two companies have …
Cleantech had a record year in drawing in venture capital in 2010, with $7.8 billion invested globally, according to a new report from the Cleantech Group. The last half of 2010 saw two consecutive quarters of declines, however.
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GM to license battery technology from the U.S. – GM has signed a licensing deal to use advanced battery technology from the government’s Argonne National Laboratory in electric cars and …
Which country will emerge as the next best market for solar energy? Surprisingly, the answer is India, with its abundant sunlight, exploding demand, and gigantic, mostly off-grid population.
That’s according to a new report by a new report by Lux …
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Sierra Club sues California regulators over solar plant — The suit alleges that the California Energy Commission improperly approved the Calico solar project, recently sold by Tessera Solar to developer …
Thin-film solar cell maker AQT Solar announced today it will open a second manufacturing plant in Richland County, South Carolina to help fill its current order backlog of 160 megawatts.
The new facility is slated to start production of CIGS …
