Technology News
- May 15, 2012
- 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 9, 2012
- 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 ›
- April 27, 2012
- Boulder Ionics Corporation raises $4.3 M for novel, high throughput production of ionic liquids
- PRWeb
- With this $4.3 M financing and grant awards totalling almost $1 M, Boulder Ionics will demonstrate the use of ionic liquid based electrolytes in a range of devices from ultracapacitors and lithium-ion batteries to metal-air batteries. Batteries using ionic liquid electrolytes can be non-flammable, are stable at higher temperatures and ... more ›
- April 18, 2012
- Your Time 100 Energy and Environment Influencers
- Time, Bryan Walsh
- It’s that time of year again—and no, I don’t mean International Jugglers Day, or even worse, Newspaper Columnists Day. It’s the annual unveiling of the TIME 100 list, our roundup of the most interesting and influential people in the world. It’s a group that ranges from Presidents to pop stars. It’s triggered a dance off between Stephen ... more ›
- April 10, 2012
- Rethinking on-demand energy storage
- GIgaOm, Adam Lesser
- Google announced last week that it would use thermal storage to cool the $300 million data center it’s building on 15 hectares of land in Taiwan. The search giant has been experimental in its data center design with everything from seawater cooling to water recycling, and it’s the first time it’s tried thermal ... more ›
