Everyone is used to clunky and heavy panels that are affixed to the tops of buildings and carports, but now GE has announced that it has taken the skinnier solar panels farther than they’ve ever been before, achieving record efficiency for a single cadmium telluride thin film solar cell–a 12.8% conversion rate of sunlight into [...]
As I have mentioned previously, I am a big believer in the notion, “Follow the money.” Hat tip to Green Tech Media and Venture Beat’s Green Beat that do great jobs on the money that flows into the space. Cleantech saw $7.8 Billion in 2010 (the most post-credit bubble), but that was somewhat tempered with [...]
A new report out by Deloitte on Sustainability has some very interesting nuggets about sustainability in general. One caveat: the survey was of only 48 people who are in charge of sustainability for their companies. I think that sample size is too small. And, given these folks’ role in the organization, I am afraid their [...]
This is still very early stage stuff from Google, but PowerMeter, Google’s app for allowing homeowners to monitor their home’s energy consumption on their smartphone or computer using data collected from smart meter sensors, could also be used for water and gas utilities. Google initially announced its intentions with PowerMeter in early 2009. Cisco has [...]
Last week, we blogged here about a $100M tax equity fund to finance residential solar installations. The installations were to be performed by a company call SunRun. On Tuesday, June 29th, SunRun announced it closed a Series C round of funding for $55 million led by Sequoia Capital and joined by existing investors Accel Partners [...]
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