Happy greentech earnings day! Some major bellweathers of emerging green industries — including solar maker SunPower, LED company Cree, lithium ion battery firm A123 Systems, and solar wafer maker LDK –… Read more »
And the DOE loan guarantee train keeps on chugging. This morning the DOE says it has offered its 14th loan guarantee — a $17.1 million conditional commitment to AES to build… Read more »
Batteries change by “quantum leaps from one chemistry family to the next,” Maurice Gunderson of CMEA Capital. One key for investors, inventors and entrepreneurs when building or sizing up a battery… Read more »
Federal economic stimulus led the U.S. Department of Energy to boost greentech funding to $1.75 billion in the second quarter — the most in a single quarter. This accelerated the disbursement… Read more »
Two battery companies are in the news. First, despite some setbacks in the EV battery department, A123 seems to be carving out a nice little grid energy storage business for itself… Read more »
With the fourth quarter of 2009 now behind us, it appears clear that the field of green technology — renewable energy and energy storage systems, energy efficiency technology, smart grid infrastructure… Read more »
As utilities work to get more of their electricity from renewable projects, transmission is becoming a major barrier. The grid is aging and, in in the U.S., many lines are reaching… Read more »
As the first federal stimulus funds began to make their way across the country, second quarter saw a slight thawing of investor pocketbooks when it came to Green IT. The smart… Read more »