News
- May 15, 2012 |
- CalCEF Press
- Energy Storage Startups Battle Natural Gas, Looking to Asia and Europe
- AOL Energy, Felicity Carus
- Low natural gas prices in the US have slowed momentum in the development of grid-level energy storage solutions, an expert panel gathered from venture capital, power generation and utility companies said last week. In the absence of official targets on costs, energy storage companies would have to compete “at a unit below” the price ... more ›
- May 15, 2012 |
- Policy
- As Congress Continues Its Witch Hunt, Here Are Five Things You Should Know About Clean Energy Investments
- Climate Progress, Stephen Lacey
- In an attempt to keep the political war against renewable energy in the headlines, Republicans are holding another hearing to question the value of government investments in the sector. Looks like ten political sideshows on Solyndra weren’t enough. If tomorrow morning’s hearing were being used as a chance to objectively assess where the industry ... more ›
- May 9, 2012 |
- Policy
- Microsoft Imposes a Carbon Price on Itself
- Treehugger.com, Brian Merchant
- Microsoft just announced that it will effectively be carbon neutral by the next fiscal year. But the way it plans to do so is much more interesting than your typical “buy a bunch of offsets” emissions-reduction scheme—instead, the company is creating a “carbon price and charge back model” that will levy ... more ›
- May 9, 2012 |
- Finance
- First Real Partner for California’s Cap & Trade Program
- KQED, Craig Miller
- Quebec takes the plunge with California to swap carbon emissions permits Asif A. Ali / flickrMontreal at sunset: Quebec’s economy is about one-sixth that of California. Quebec has emerged as California’s first full-blown partner in the carbon trading program that ramps up later this year. That means that, pending ... more ›
- May 9, 2012 |
- Technology
- VCs still funding next-gen biofuel companies
- GIgaOm, Katie Fehrenbacher
- Despite continued struggles for next-gen biofuel makers, venture capitalists are still putting money into startups, particularly when it comes to follow-on rounds. On Wednesday EdeniQ, which was spun out of AltraBiofuels in 2008 to focus on cellulosic ethanol processing, announced that it has raised another round of more than $30 million in ... more ›
