Here’s the latest action we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
DOE grants world’s largest windfarm $1.3 billion – The Department of Energy has finalized a partial loan guarantee for the Caithness Shepherds Flat project, an 845-megawatt plant in eastern Oregon. …
Here’s some of the latest action we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
Trina Solar shoots for 10 percent market share – The Chinese company is the world’s No. 2 solar panel maker and plans to invest $400 million to ramp …
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Why Google needs the video digital-rights technology behind Netflix — Google recently announced that it has purchased Widevine, a …
Here’s some of the latest action we’re following on the GreenBeat today:
GE likes ZigBee best for smart appliances — GE released a white paper yesterday that declared ZigBee-based communications are best for home area networks. GE has already adopted …
Major renewable energy associations are cranking up the heat on Congress to renew a federal cash grant program that expires at the end of this year.
The latest salvo fired came today from the American Council on Renewable Energy, which …
It’s been a weird time for wind energy lately in the U.S.
New wind installations in the U.S. were at a three-year low last quarter, according to the American Wind Energy Association. The U.S. wind energy industry also pales in …
Here are the stories we’re reading today on the GreenBeat:
Troubled Evergreen Solar to try recapitalization — The company said yesterday that its board of directors has approved a plan to recapitalize the company, Bloomberg reports. The plan aims to …
The news about natural gas just keeps coming. Today, boutique investment bank Cascadia Capital predicted that oil will hit $100 per barrel next year, which will spur oil companies to expand their operations by buying up natural gas assets and …
The end of 2010 is fast approaching, and with that have come a flurry of State of the Cleantech Union-type reports and forecasts.
What’s clear so far is this: American wind installations last quarter hit a three-year low, although there’s …
Here are the top cleantech stories we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
Kleiner Perkins appears to be refocusing its portfolio back on the Internet and away from cleantech, according to Fortune. Earth2Tech notes Kleiner partner John Doerr has pointed …
Here are some the top stories we’re watching today in cleantech news:
The government will streamline the permitting process for offshore wind energy projects on the Atlantic Coast, Bloomberg reports.
Gamesa is leading an 11-country group to develop the …
Here are the top stories we’re following today in cleantech:
Carbon emissions are on track to reach a record high in 2010, largely due to the growing demands for energy and coal-burning power plants in India and China, Reuters …
Here are the top stories in cleantech we’re following on the GreenBeat today:
Solar panel maker Suntech is buying more wafer-slicing capacity in China for $127 million, the Associated Press reports.
Federal regulators have proposed easing grid restrictions on renewable …
Here are the top stories we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
Most of GE’s recent renewable energy investing has gone towards wind energy projects — 80 percent of the $6 billion invested went to providing equity and debt for wind …
The latest winner in GE’s $200 million Ecoimagination smart grid contest is Clarian Power, a startup that makes what’s essentially a home solar kit in a box.
Clarian makes a plug-and-play solar solution that it plans to sell for under …
Here are the top cleantech stories we’re following on the GreenBeat:
Tesla expects Japan to eventually become its No. 2 market for sales after the U.S., Elon Musk told the WSJ.
EMeter has announced it will team up with …
Here are the top cleantech stories we’re following on the GreenBeat today:
Declining subsidies in top solar markets like Germany are pushing down the stocks of solar companies, Reuters reports, citing Chinese solar firms JA Solar and Solarfun and …
Here are the top cleantech stories we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
Logitech announced today the launch of a solar-powered wireless keyboard (pictured), as well as an app that will track power level and ambient light. The sleek, thin keyboard …
Here are the top cleantech stories we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
The U.S. wind power industry had its slowest quarter in three years, adding 395 megawatts of capacity in the third quarter of this year, Reuters writes. The …
Here are the top cleantech stories we’re following today on the GreenBeat:
Global solar panel leader First Solar has announced a 15 percent rise in third-quarter profits, with net income increasing from $153.3 million to $176.8 million, Bloomberg writes. …
