I moderated a solar thermal panel at Intersolar on Wednesday with three major players in the rapidly emerging solar thermal market – Ausra’s Glen Davis, Acciona’s Gilbert Cohen and Josef Eichhamer of Solar Millennium.
All of the firms that were on the panel have major contracts to provide power, are building or have built numerous power [...]
You’ve seen pre-paid cell phones. Now get ready for pre-paid power bills.
A few utilities in the U.S. are looking at implementing pre-paid, or pay-as-you-go, power bills, according to Adrian Tuck, CEO of Tendril, a start-up specializing in household energy management. The concept is simple. You pay money to the utility at the beginning of the [...]
Hycrete, which makes a chemical additive that makes concrete waterproof, raised $15 million more to expand operations and in the process underscored how green building investments might be judged in the future.
First, the news. Mohr Davidow and others put in $15 million into the company so that it can begin to open factories in different [...]
What does a company really need to pull off a successful IPO in the greentech market?
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Think of it. SunPower, the solar panel maker that had one of the first successful IPOs in the green market in 2005, was founded by Dick Swanson in 1985. First Solar, the sizzling maker of cadmium telluride solar panels, went [...]
In the chip industry, the size of chips typically only goes one way: down. By exploiting the properties of Moore’s Law, manufacturers can shrink the size of the transistors that go into their semiconductors every two years and get chips that take up less space. Although manufacturers might add features and transistors, the size of [...]
New Jersey’s Public Service Electric & Gas Company, an investor owned utility, has filed a proposal with the state’s Board of Public Utilities to launch a $45.9 million demand side management program. Demand side management (DSM) is a method utilities use to reduce consumer demand for electricity and gas through the introduction of efficiency measures [...]
Green Light is the traffic cop at the intersection of green technology, business and policy. We cover the highs and lows of the greentech market, providing news, commentary and analysis on the companies and personalities–-winners and losers alike-–driving its growth and evolution.
Buildings are the George Harrison of green tech. Usually, it's the first two guys--solar and biofuels--that come to mind when the green tech gets debated. ...
Tesla Motors chairman Elon Musk is serious about getting beyond sports cars. At a press conference with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tesla co-founder and chairman Elon ...
Despite the near daily hum telling us that we're in big trouble, sometimes we read something that makes us think: wow, we're in big trouble. ...
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