Instead of spending time chasing investors, your time should be spent proving your clean technology business is viable in ways investors value. Because of the distant “dot com bust” and the current economic malaise, investors are highly risk-averse. No news here. Accordingly, entrepreneurs must have...
Published on Feb 05 2013
// Energy
Publishing the results of a first-of-a-kind emprical study, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found that average annual personal income increased approximately $11,000...
Published on Feb 03 2013
// Energy
One huge advantage of electric vehicles is the potential to fuel them up at convenient locations without having to make an extra stop, like say, whenever you park your car at work, and that’s what the Department of Energy has in mind with its new Workplace Charging Challenge. Announced just last week,...
Published on Dec 02 2012
// Energy
The Department of Energy has announced a major new initiative designed to rocket the U.S. EV battery industry into global leadership, vastly improving the prospects for average car buyers to wrap their hands around the steering wheels of affordable, long-range EVs some time in the not too distant...
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It ain’t over ’til it’s over, but yesterday the Senate took a big step toward freeing up the Department of Defense to go full steam ahead with its ambitious biofuel initiatives. The move is especially significant because along with the expected Democratic supporters,...
According to U.S. Geothermal, the large Neal Hot Springs project located in Malheur County, Oregon, is already producing nearly 17 megawatts of power. The project is expected to commence commercial operations by the end of next month; reports earlier in the year indicated the plant would be operational...
The Los Angeles Times is talking about the dark side of all the huge, utility-scaled projects shooting up across California’s desert. Experts are predicting that consumers’ utility bills could go up by 50 percent as renewable energy produced in the state boosts electricity rates 10 –...
The Telegraph Herald highlighted an issue that many people may not consider when advocating renewable energy projects: a lack of an adequate transmission system to move clean energy generated in remote desert areas to more populated regions around the country.
Developers–and the government–believe...
The wind industry has warned that Congress’ failure to renew a wind production tax credit would result in massive layoffs across the industry, and this looks to be the case already for one major wind manufacturer.
Siemens Energy Inc. announced this week that it will be laying off over 600 employees...
The University of Colorado is the recipient of a $450,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish a research team to investigate solar technological innovations.
In total, the Department of Energy has selected five such projects across the country for a total investment of $3.5 million...
