Please contact Teena directly if you have materials for her site. This is a great opportunity to highlight your organization. I’m looking for photo slideshows that I can use either with or without a story. Seeking out all things for energy-efficient, sustainable green homes, from great products for the bathroom, kitchen and yard, to building materials for constructing… Read More
Solar chargers no longer ugly ducklings
January 13, 2010 By 1 Comment
by Martin LaMonica: LAS VEGAS–Over the last few years, I’ve spent a lot of time piecing together a mini solar station to charge my gadgets. Having just returned from CES, it’s clear that the latest options for small-scale solar are likely appeal to more than just eco-geeks like me. My home solar-charging gear is decidedly… Read More
'Google Energy' subsidiary considers clean power
January 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
by Martin LaMonica: Google took a step toward entering the energy business with the creation of a subsidiary called Google Energy and a request with a federal agency to buy and sell electricity on the wholesale market. The search giant formed a Delaware-based company called Google Energy on December 16 of last year, according to… Read More
First Solar opens utility-scale power plant
December 22, 2009 By 1 Comment
Solar module maker First Solar on Monday opened the largest photovoltaic solar power station in California, which the company plans to replicate in order to expand its utility business. The plant in Blythe, Calif., which First Solar purchased from energy developer NRG, will have the capacity to generate 21 megawatts of electricity, or enough to… Read More
California solar outfit Solyndra files to go public
December 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In a sign of optimism about the stock market’s reception to clean energy start-ups, California solar company Solyndra on Friday filed documents to go public. The Fremont, Calif.-based company said it plans to raise $300 million in a public stock offering to expand into a market it projects to grow at 34 percent annually. Four-year-old… Read More
California gives green light for space-based solar
December 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
by Martin LaMonica: California regulators on Thursday approved an ambitious project to beam solar energy from space starting in 2016. Under a power purchase agreement approved by the California Public Utilities Commission, utility Pacific Gas & Electric will purchase electricity from technology provider Solaren if it successfully deploys its space-based solar collectors, which would be… Read More
Sun Catalytix secures money for low-cost solar fuel
November 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
by Martin LaMonica: Sun Catalytix, a company that’s trying to develop a revolutionary clean-energy system, has finished a round of seed funding and secured a technology license from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company was formed about one year ago to commercialize research from MIT professor Daniel Nocera in which he attempts… Read More
Solar-power start-up Ausra looks to sell itself
November 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The buyers could take a majority stake or snag the whole company and the discussions are at a “very aggressive level,” said one source familiar with the company, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Both sources said the interested companies were global conglomerates in the power generation business but declined to name… Read More
Start-up compresses air in tanks for energy storage
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
by Martin LaMonica: BOSTON–While hundreds of other companies are trying to make a better battery, start-up SustainX Energy Solutions is compressing air, an approach it says will let utilities more easily add wind and solar to the power grid. The president of the company, Dax Kepshire, sketched out the company’s technology and product plans here… Read More
Solar power execs bullish on 2010 despite earnings
November 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
By Laura Isensee ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) – Executives from solar power companies see clearer skies in 2010 for the beleaguered industry, even as quarterly reports from heavyweights like First Solar Inc and SunPower Corp have disappointed investors and dragged down shares. The industry has struggled to emerge this year from tight credit markets, a global… Read More
