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Solar Startup Solasta Seeks Next Round

The solar firm was founded in 2006 with A round funding from Kleiner Perkins and claims its process could increase the efficiency of conventional amorphous silicon PV by up to 150 percent.

Policy

  • Energy Storage: What Is the Cheapest Solution?

    By signing up for solar and wind power, utilities have to invest in energy storage. There are many options, but most are pricey.

    Grid Storage

    Ucilia Wang November 5, 2009

  • Deforestation: Not So Bad for the Climate?

    New research shows that destroying the world’s tropical forests doesn’t lead to the amount of man-made emissions as previously claimed by a U.N. study.

    Policy

    Ucilia Wang November 4, 2009

  • Cal May Add 365MW in 2009, Still Short of 20% Mandate

    California’s utilities are signing gigawatts of renewable electricity contracts, but getting those electrons hasn’t been so easy.

    Policy

    Ucilia Wang October 30, 2009

  • Smart Grid: What a Week That Was

    The Obama administration unfurled $3.4 billion in smart grid stimulus funds, among other news.

    Smart Grid

    Michael Kanellos October 30, 2009

  • Big Carbon Footprint, Big Economic Opportunity

    A new study says Ohio can create jobs and cut energy costs under a comprehensive carbon cap-and-trade regime – even though it’s a coal-heavy state.

    Policy

    Jeff St. John October 26, 2009

  • The Path to Copenhagen 2009

    In which Copenhagen’s climatic present meets its dramatic past, and anagrams come to the rescue.

    Policy

    Nancy Pfund October 22, 2009

  • Wind Power Capacity Perks Up in 3Q

    But the United States is likely to see less wind energy capacities being added in 2009 than 2008, despite stimulus money and policies.

    Wind

    Ucilia Wang October 20, 2009

  • Electric Cars: Bad for Your Health?

    A report from the National Research Council shows that the energy required to produce electricity and batteries makes electric cars and hybrids more harmful to human health than gasoline vehicles.

    Transportation

    Ucilia Wang October 19, 2009

  • Energy and Health: The $120B Hidden Cost

    A National Research Council report quantifies how energy production and use poses a significant and expensive risk to humans.

    Policy

    Ucilia Wang October 19, 2009

  • Feds Budget $750M for ‘Conventional’ Renewable Energy Generation

    The new loan guarantee program will support as much as $8 billion in loans for power plants using more mature solar, wind and other technologies.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang October 7, 2009

  • If Not in Your Backyard, Where?

    A look at how NIMBYs and politics might derail sustainable energy developments.

    Policy

    Brian Fish September 30, 2009

  • DOE Stimulus Spending: $17B So Far, $30B by Year’s End

    The Department of Energy has handed out about $16.7 billion in stimulus funds, and should see that grow to $30 billion this fall, DOE senior advisor Matt Rogers says.

    Policy

    Jeff St. John September 29, 2009

  • Fisker Gets $528.7M From Feds for Two Plug-In Hybrids

    The California startup is the fourth recipient in a federal loan program designed to spur the production of green cars.

    Transportation

    Ucilia Wang September 22, 2009

  • Feds Issue $550.4M Green Energy Cash Grants

    The Treasury is doling out a second round of money for its cash-instead-of-tax credit program, benefiting not only renewable energy developers but also manufacturers such as Solyndra and Vestas.

    Policy

    Ucilia Wang September 22, 2009

  • High-Speed Rail a Tourist Attraction and Algae Milk: My Day With Arnold

    The governor and others talked up his record, high-speed rail, and algae at a tour of algae specialist Solazyme.

    Biofuels

    Michael Kanellos September 18, 2009

  • California Sets TV Efficiency Proposal

    UPDATED—The California Energy Commission has posted proposed regulations to reduce power consumption of new TVs sold in the state by 33 percent by 2011 and 49 percent by 2013, but the CEA is opposed to these regulations.

    Policy

    Jeff St. John September 18, 2009

  • Cal Net Metering Bill Stalls

    A spat over licensing and labor couldn’t be resolved by state lawmakers when they considered a bill to expand the net metering program for solar and wind energy system owners.

    Solar

    Ucilia Wang September 14, 2009

  • DOE Aims $454M at Energy Efficiency ‘Retrofit Ramp-Up’

    The Department of Energy is hot on making buildings more energy efficient, and has just added $454 million to boost model programs that make it happen.

    Policy

    Jeff St. John September 14, 2009

  • A Guide to New Nuclear

    Nuclear power has been stuck in neutral in the U.S. for over 30 years. New reactors and concepts may bring it back. Here’s a roadmap.

    Other Energy

    Michael Kanellos September 8, 2009

  • Have Carbon Credits for Sale? Talk to PG&E

    The California utility is seeking bids for carbon emission reduction projects in order to buy offsets on behalf of its customers. PG&E aims to offset 1.5 million tons of emissions through this pilot project.

    Carbon Management

    Ucilia Wang September 4, 2009
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