Technology News
- March 11, 2013
- Alphabet’s Silicon-Based Thermoelectric Tech Gets $16M in VC
- Greentech Media, Eric Wesoff
- Searching for breakthrough technology that will convert waste heat to power—efficiently “Waste-heat recovery is the largest untapped potential for energy efficiency,” according to Alphabet Energy’s CEO, Matt Scullin. Alphabet Energy is commercializing thermoelectric waste-heat harvesting technology developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and just raised $16 million in Round B ... more ›
- December 3, 2012
- $120 million DOE grant boosts California energy storage accelerator
- CalCharge and Berkeley Lab included in national energy storage innovation project SAN FRANCISCO – Dec. 3, 2012 – A new California innovation accelerator for energy storage firms is getting a “fresh charge,” thanks to the U.S. Department of Energy. CalCharge – a partnership between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and CalCEF, ... more ›
- October 30, 2012
- Mayor Lee Announces CleantechSF Initiative to Support Growth of Cleantech Industry in San Francisco
- City and County of San Francisco, Office of the Mayor
- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced the launch of CleantechSF – a new initiative to support the growth of the cleantech industry and cleantech jobs in San Francisco. CleantechSF has three key goals: (1) to streamline the demonstration and testing of clean technologies utilizing City assets; (2) attract cleantech anchoring ... more ›
- October 30, 2012
- Mayor Lee announces cleantech initiative to grow jobs
- San Francisco Business Times, Lindsay Riddell
- San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Tuesday announced a city initiative to support the growth and development of cleantech businesses. Lee said the CleantechSF initiative will focus on three areas first: using city buildings as demonstration sites for new technologies, attracting institutions to create a cleantech ecosystem here a la Mission Bay and ... more ›
- August 2, 2012
- DOE funds 19 next-gen battery projects with $43M
- GigaOm, Katie Fehrenbacher
- The U.S. government continues to give small grants to early stage next-generation battery technology in an effort to boost innovation in the U.S., and provide energy storage for electric cars and the power grid. The Department of Energy’s program that gives grants to early-stage energy projects — ... more ›
