Stion, the stealthy startup that bills itself as developing 4th generation PV, will announce tomorrow two new hires focused on scaling up its production capacity. The company has picked up Dr. Steven Aragon as its new VP for Engineering. Aragon comes to Stion from Daystar Technologies and Advanced Energy Industries, where he lead both companies’ [...]
Phil Giudice, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, spoke today at Greentech Media’s PV Annual 2008 on the Commonwealth’s plan to hit grid parity with PV in the near future. The Commish took an interesting tack, though. Instead of waiting for module and installed costs to come down, he’s going to wait [...]
Verenium, the cellulosic ethanol company that faced close to $440 million in deficits only two months ago, announced this morning it has entered the commissioning phase of its new 1.4 million gallon ‘commercial’ scale ethanol refinery in Louisiana. This is the first and largest completed cellulosic ethanol plant in the U.S., beating out Coskata’s 40,000 [...]
A colleague of mine recently told me of a conversation he had with a friend of his in the investment community. Greentech is more concept than reality, the investor said, and the market is bound for a drastic shift once investors figure that out. A lot of the focus in the greentech market is on [...]
Yesterday Massachusetts House Speaker Sal DiMasi, flanked by Gov. Deval Patrick and Senate President Therese Murray, held a press conference introducing the Speaker’s $100 million green jobs bill. DiMasi, speaking at the press conference, said the bill “combines our commitment to jobs creation and economic development with our duty to protect the environment and increase [...]
If Ocean Power Technologies hits a production target, and no one’s around to see it go in the water, did it really happen? OPT announced today it has signed a joint venture agreement with Griffin Energy, an Australian power company. The JV agreement calls for OPT to build a 10 MW turnkey wave park, “with [...]
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The possibility of Congress granting oil companies rights to develop offshore reserves in previously protected areas is one of the hottest topics going these days. ...
British Energy, the UK's nuclear power monopoly, will likely be sold to Electricité de France this week in a deal valuing the company at close ...
The new home of Other World Computing, a large computer dealer in Woodstock Illinois, is about as green as you can get. The building, which will ...
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