Archive for the 'solar' Category

Mar 30 2010

New scorecard rates solar companies on sustainability, green product lifecycle

Published by Heather Clancy under green tech,renewable energy,solar

The mission in life of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (well, at least ONE of its missions) is to hold technology companies accountable for the entire lifecycle of the products they create. Given the high profile of solar in the Valley, the organization has created its first Solar Company Scorecard, which ranks solar photovoltaic module manufacturers [...]

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Mar 17 2010

U.S. has much to learn from Europe about solar tech standards

Published by Heather Clancy under conservation,energy,green tech,renewable energy,solar

Somehow I missed out on the invite to the Jefferies Clean Technology Conference in New York this week, but some of my ZDNet colleagues were there, including Larry Dignan, who contributed this piece on solar technology to SmartPlanet. One of the panels dealt with the rather slim adoption of residential solar tech in the United [...]

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Mar 08 2010

Caltech claims quantum leap in solar tech

Published by Heather Clancy under energy,green tech,renewable energy,solar

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are claiming a breakthrough in solar chip design that they believe will help make solar technology more efficient–and cheaper. I’m not a solar scientist, but the researchers apparently have achieved this by embedding silicon wire arrays throughout the design. This helps enhance the cell’s ability to absorb sunlight [...]

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Mar 02 2010

New $90 million fund will extend SolarCity integration service to new states

Published by Heather Clancy under energy,green tech,renewable energy,solar

SolarCity, which is a solar power integration and operations company based in Foster City, California, has established another $90 million pool of financing with U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corp. to help support commercial and residential solar projects. The two companies have together established solar development funds work $190 million over the past two years. Their [...]

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Feb 11 2010

Residential solar organization snags $5 million in venture funds

Published by Heather Clancy under renewable energy,solar,venture capital

Respected VC with links to Salesforce.com and TiVo puts $5 million into residential solar advocacy organization.

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Feb 10 2010

Figure out your solar investment costs. Sorta.

Published by Heather Clancy under conservation,energy,green tech,renewable energy,solar

Wondering how much it will cost you to switch over to solar? A new widget from solar provider SunRun does that math for you.

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Jan 31 2010

Energizing China and U.S.

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,China,conservation,energy,engineering,environmental health,federal government,fossil fuel,green tech,law & politics,nuclear power,petroleum,renewable energy,research,solar,venture capital,wind

Energy, the economic battleground for the future dominance.

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Jan 31 2010

Energizing China and U.S.

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,China,conservation,energy,engineering,environmental health,federal government,fossil fuel,green tech,law & politics,nuclear power,petroleum,renewable energy,research,solar,venture capital,wind

Energy, the economic battleground for the future dominance.

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Jan 29 2010

Obama Tries to Make Federal Government “Conservative”

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,Blogroll,building,cars & traffic,conservation,energy,engineering,environmental health,federal government,fossil fuel,green tech,housing,law & politics,petroleum,renewable energy,solar,wind

Government moves on energy stir political fights and may stir some cleantech spending.

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Jan 28 2010

Greentech Call-outs From State of the Union

Published by Harry Fuller under air pollution,biofuel,Blogroll,cars & traffic,climate change,conservation,energy,engineering,environmental health,Europe,federal government,fossil fuel,green tech,law & politics,mass transit,nuclear power,petroleum,renewable energy,solar,venture capital,wind

State of the Union bring some attention to high speed rail, nuclear power plants, clean energy jobs Action could be a ways off.

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