2011
- December 1, 2011 |
- Finance
- Cleantech VC Investments in November Near $500M
- Greentech Media, Eric Wesoff
- Better Place leads the month in VC funding with its gaudy $200 million round. Solar collects almost $100 million this month. The $200 million round for Better Place leads the month and perhaps the year in greentech VC funding rounds. More than 18 funding rounds for greentech firms closed a ... more ›
- November 30, 2011 |
- Finance
- Clean-Energy Funding to Drop After Obama Grant Program Ends
- Bloomberg, Andrew Herndon
- (Updates with letter to Congress seeking extension in 13th paragraph.) Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — U.S. financing for renewable energy will drop next year after the expiration of a grant program that backed at least $32.9 billion in projects, one of President Barack Obama’s most ambitious efforts to support the industry. ... more ›
- November 29, 2011 |
- Technology
- BrightSource Adds Storage to Its Solar Thermal PPAs With SCE
- Greentech Media, Eric Wesoff
- IPO aspirant enhances its utility-scale concentrating solar power generation technology with crucial storage component. A common refrain about the limitations of solar power is that the technology only works when the sun is shining. That’s certainly true of photovoltaic (PV) solar technology. Some consider the variable nature of PV ... more ›
- November 28, 2011 |
- Technology
- BrightSource Strikes World’s Biggest Solar Energy Storage Deal
- Forbes, Todd Woody
- BrightSource Energy said Monday that it has struck a deal to add energy storage systems to three massive solar thermal power plants it will build to supply electricity to utility Southern California Edison. Energy storage will allow the plants to operate into the night, meaning that BrightSource can now forgo building ... more ›
- November 28, 2011 |
- Policy
- ClimateWire – States: Calif.’s 2050 carbon target will require widespread electrification, study says
- ClimateWire, Debra Kahn
- - “Reprinted from ClimateWire with permission from Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC. www.eenews.net. 202/628-6500“ California will need to switch nearly all of its fossil-fueled technologies to electricity in order to reach its goal of lowering greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, according to a new study by state ... more ›
