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GridNavigator crunches data to forecast energy use
The ability to predict energy use and do something about it will become more important as businesses look for ways to reduce costs and use energy more efficiently. A startup called GridNavigator is...
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An accelerator lab for battery startups launches
Can the startup accelerator model work for battery companies? The folks behind CalCharge, the brainchild of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) that hopes to...
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DOE-backed Abound Solar to shut down
UPDATED: It’s time to write the obituary for another solar startup: Abound Solar, a thin film startup which secured a $400 million loan guarantee from U.S. Department of Energy to expand production, is...
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Using electricity rate data to sell solar
Turns out the path to winning over solar customers is through integrating a lot of data. San Francisco startup Genability began knitting together a collection of complex electric rates from utilities...
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DOE funds 19 next-gen battery projects with $43M
Primus Power’s flow battery The Department of Energy’s program that gives grants to early-stage energy projects — called ARPA-E — has allocated another $43 million for 19 battery projects, including...
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California’s pioneering energy storage mandate moves forward
California is moving ahead with what could be a precedent-setting mandate to require its utilities to invest in energy storage systems and services, which are meant to complement the growing amount of...
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Introducing an ultra low cost, long lasting battery made of water and blue dye
What if you could create a battery using water as the electrolyte (one of the key building blocks of batteries)? Its materials could be as cheap and plentiful as, well, water. That was the question...
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Energy innovation rockstar, former ARPA-E Director, to join Google.org
The former Director of the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program, Arun Majumdar, will be joining Google’s philanthropic arm Google.org. Majumdar will “drive Google.org’s energy initiatives and advise...
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Audit reveals some mismanagement of smart grid demonstration stimulus funds
Over three years ago the Department of Energy allocated around $4.5 billion in stimulus funds for smart grid projects in the U.S. That included $700 million for demonstration projects that helped...
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Why First Solar is buying a silicon solar cell startup no one’s heard of
First Solar is buying an under-the-radar startup called TetraSun to add expertise around silicon solar cell manufacturing to its technology portfolio, which until now has focused on using the material...
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Fisker green-car government loan heads to auction block
The Department of Energy — which loaned now-faltered electric car maker Fisker $192 million to build cars and a factory — will start looking at bids on Friday to sell off the remainder of its loan to...
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The DOE’s early stage program to award $27M for 14 efficient grid electronics...
The U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program — which allocates small grants to early stage, high risk technologies — has launched a new project focused on efficient power grid electronics. Say wha?...
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A battery startup flows toward launch
Startup EnerVault is getting closer to commercializing its flow battery, which uses large liquid tanks of chemicals to store energy. The Silicon Valley company will be building a demonstration project...
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SoloPower shoots for another $44M for thin film solar
SoloPower, which has gotten a federal loan guarantee offer to build a solar panel factory in Oregon, is now aiming for a close to $44 million equity round and has so far lined up about $15 million,...
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5 hot topics to watch for at Intersolar
Here are our five topics to watch for at one of the largest U.S. solar conferences, Intersolar, in San Francisco this week. Policy -- how to survive with more mandates and less money -- along with new...
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Cleantech apocalypse? No, but it’s cyclical
The cries declaring a cleantech armageddon are coming keep on getting louder. But I don't think cleantech is headed for a sharp crash. It's been going through consolidation for some time now, and the...
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Aptera raises $2.25M in debt, restructuring
Three-wheeled electric-car startup Aptera has already delayed the launch of its car and has discussed restructuring and moving its manufacturing out of California. But it looks like the company is not...
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House committee to subpoena OMB over Solyndra documents
The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a resolution on Thursday to move forward with a subpoena for the Office of Management and Budget to get access to documents about the Department of...
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DuPont buys solar ink maker Innovalight
DuPont announced on Monday that it has bought Innovalight, a Silicon Valley startup that makes silicon ink that solar-cell makers can use to improve the amount of electricity that the cells can squeeze...
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First Solar: Huge drop in Q2 earnings, but expect a rebound
First Solar posts a huge slide in earnings Tuesday but promises to do better for the remainder of the year. The solar panel maker and project developer is counting on India and North America to become...
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