California’s Carbon Caps are Contentious but Coming
November marks a big date. It’s not just about a presidential election. It’s also about the kick off to California’s cap-and-trade system to limit carbon emissions. The Golden State, in fact, will be...
View ArticleA Glimpse of the Alternative Fuel Future
While a variety of new fuel technologies are advancing, policy makers can be assured that the internal combustion engine will remain dominant for decades, the National Petroleum Counciltold the...
View ArticleThe Green Future Arrives In California As Utilities Hit 20% Renewable Energy...
While national renewable energy policies – or the lack there of – remain mired in Congressional election-year politics, the great green future has already arrived in California. On Tuesday, state...
View ArticleDOE funds 19 next-gen battery projects with $43M
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...
View ArticleAmid a Political Calm, a Tax Break for the Wind Industry Advances
It has been a tough year for companies in alternative energy. Ever since Solyndra, a solar module maker, cost taxpayers half a billion dollars when it went bankrupt last September, Republicans have...
View ArticleShocking news: Oil industry touts study backing continued oil dependence
Recently, an oil industry trade group released a study that ran cherry-picked data through an untested economic model to calculate the costs of California’s clean energy standards. Not surprisingly, it...
View ArticleMayor Lee announces cleantech initiative to grow jobs
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...
View ArticleMayor Lee Announces CleantechSF Initiative to Support Growth of Cleantech...
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)...
View Article$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...
View ArticleGarage Ventures Launches New Corporate Fund for Cleantech
“Fresh money coming into cleantech” Cleantech Venture Capital is having a rough go. Venture capital firms are pulling back from the greentech sector. The number of cleantech-focused VC partners is...
View ArticleThe Cleantech Cliff: global venture capital investment plunged 33 percent in...
You could call it the cleantech cliff: Global clean-technology venture investment plunged to $6.46 billion in 2012, down 33 percent from the $9.61 billion invested a year ago, according to San...
View ArticleSolar Costs to Fall as REITs Emerge as Source of Funding
A San Francisco startup may win approval as soon as this month to become the first firm allowed to raise money for solar-power projects as a REIT, the financing vehicle used in $637 billion of U.S....
View ArticleRenewable Energy Industries Push for New Financing Options
For years, green energy industries like wind and solar have been telling Congress that they cannot yet compete with fossil fuels without hefty tax breaks intended especially for them. But with...
View ArticleAlphabet’s Silicon-Based Thermoelectric Tech Gets $16M in VC
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...
View ArticleNew Fund Unlocks $150 Billion in Efficiency Savings
Innovative financing offers upgrades to 4 million small and medium properties; controls costs, cuts energy use, puts contractors to work SAN FRANCISCO – March 13, 2013 – Manufacturers, schools,...
View ArticleLeveraging Impact Investment for Small- and Mid-Size Energy Efficiency Projects
Customers do not want to borrow, nor do banks care to lend for these relatively small projects (<$1.0 million). Though banks are the most common source of funding in the commercial sector, they...
View ArticleTesla sales beating Mercedes, BMW and Audi
You know the Tesla Model S, the $70,000 (and-up) electric car that “nobody can afford”? Well, evidently, more than a few people can afford it. In fact, in the first quarter of this year, more people...
View ArticleNew Ohio Efficiency Resource Fund to Help Upgrade Buildings, Save Energy...
Now accepting applications from facility owners with efficiency retrofit projects costing less than $1 million CLEVELAND – May 23, 2013 – Manufacturers, schools, churches, and clinics throughout the...
View ArticleCalifornia Energy-Storage Plan May Require $3 Billion Investment
Energy companies may invest as much as $3 billion on power-storage systems in California to facilitate wider use of renewable energy. Utilities owned by PG&E Corp. (PCG), Sempra Energy (SRE) and...
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