Nissan and its sister company Renault have clearly made a commitment to ‘advanced-drive’ autos. The facts speak for themselves: § Nissan put the Leaf on the streets in December of 2010 – the first mass-produced, battery electric vehicle. Sales reached 15,000 units worldwide by September of this year. § Nissan-Renault …
Energy Industry Continues to Reshape Itself to Fit New World of Oil & Gas Resources
Two multi-billion dollar deals in the news this weekend provide additional evidence of how advances in drilling technology have unlocked vast new energy resources and are reshaping the energy industry. Norwegian oil company Statoil is paying about $4.4 billion for Brigham Exploration, getting “a stronger foothold in unconventional resources” according …
Top 5 Things Cleantech Entrepreneurs Fail to Understand About Raising Venture Capital
After decades of venture capital investment, growth and exit, the traditional focus areas of venture capital (such as IT, web and software) have developed strong entrepreneurial ecosystems. A high percentage of start-ups in these traditional areas come to market with one or more experienced entrepreneurs, or with a strong and …
London’s First Certified Passivehaus Shaves 90% Off its Energy Bill
London’s First Certified Passivehaus Shaves 90% Off its Energy Bill Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT Filed under: Energy News Colorado to be Home to GE Thin-Film Solar Plant, Largest in the US Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT Filed under: Energy News Researchers invent tiny artificial muscles …
How Blue State Policy is Greening Up Red States Too
How Blue State Policy is Greening Up Red States Too Posted: 12 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT Filed under: Energy News Australia Passes Controversial Carbon Tax Posted: 12 Oct 2011 09:00 PM PDT Filed under: Energy News This Week in Energy: Gasification, China, Brazil, KiOR Posted: 12 Oct 2011 06:00 …
Solar Verticals and “Balance of System” Valuations : AltEnergyStocks.com
Solar Verticals and “Balance of System” Valuations Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:07 PM PDT Garvin Jabusch Tom Konrad has kindly provided an opportunity for me to contribute a response to his recent piece “Inverter Stocks: A Value BOS Play on Solar.” I’m grateful for the opportunity because it gives me …
World Bank warns of climate finance ‘desert’
In the run up to Durban our Climate Finance 2011 conference will analyse what the potential outcomes might be, plus discuss all the important issues facing the industry. Register now to secure your place at this market-leading event – the 30% early registration discount closes tomorrow! World Bank warns of …
Energy Poverty Seen as History at IEA for $48 Billion a Year
Energy Poverty Seen as History at IEA for $48 Billion a Year 2011-10-10 10:45:00.0 GMT By Simon Clark and Lananh Nguyen Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — The world’s entire population can have electricity and cleaner stoves by 2030 if $48 billion is invested each year, the International Energy Agency said in …
Invenergy secures GE investment for 110MW wind farm
Deal News solarhybrid to acquire 2.25GW pipeline from Solar Millennium Invenergy secures GE investment for 110MW wind farm Arise purchases 200MW of wind turbine permits for €336m GE partners with Western Power for grid research project GE, Inovateus to build PV carparks with EV charging Click here to read the …
Green VC Up, IPOs Hurting in Q3: Cleantech Group
Green VC Up, IPOs Hurting in Q3: Cleantech Group Venture investment in greentech startups staying firm, but IPOs doing poorly. Dominion Rolls Out At-Home EV Charging Using incentives and smart meters to push EV charging—and customers—to off-peak Will the Elastic Cloud Conquer the Smart Grid Data Tsunami? Instant access to …