Intel Capital, the chipmaker’s venture capital arm, has invested $30 millions among four startups: Adaptive Computing, Nexant, Ciranova and Joyent. Of the four firms, three echo Intel’s pursuit of efficient data centers and cloud infrastructures. (Ciranova is pioneering “mixed analog-digital” chips. Interesting? Yes. Green? Potentially yes.) Joyent develops the technological underpinnings for platform-as-a-service (PaaS) clouds […]
Why Conservatives Are Bad on Energy: It’s All About the Costs
Commentary: Welcome to the first Industry Voices post. Industry Voices will be a collection of commentaries and editorials from cleantech and Green IT innovators, entrepreneurs and practitioners that take the pulse of the green technology space and spark discussion. Views expressed here are solely those of our contributors. Why Conservatives Are Bad on Energy: It’s […]
SPG Solar’s CEO: Solar cheaper than fossil fuels by 2015
Video: Last Friday, August 13, SPG Solar’s President and CEO, Thomas Rooney, was interviewed on CSPAN’s Washington Journal as part of a week-long series exploring energy issues. In it, he states that the cost of solar is dropping so fast that even in the face of a “12 to 1 subsidy disadvantage,” the cost of […]
Genie Lens: Stick-on solar booster
An Englewood, CO-based startup called Genie Lens Technologies has created a film called Fusion — a sticker, for all intents and purposes — that improves solar panel efficiency by up to 10 percent. The best part is that the sticker improves efficiency best under cloudy conditions, when diffuse light makes it tougher for solar panels […]
Too early to worry about solar panel recycling?
Getting a little ahead of ourselves, are we? Actually, no. While the solar industry is only just now ramping up in earnest — despite there having been solar panels perched on roofs for decades — some in the PV industry are getting a little proactive about handling the waste that a massive U.S. roll-out of […]
Urban wind gathers momentum
The problem with erecting wind turbines in big cities and other urban areas come down to several factors: size and noise, zoning laws, wind variability and intermittency, bird safety… But thanks to some new innovations, urban communities and a couple of “small wind” startups are poised to bring renewable energy to town squares and apartment […]
Tom Friedman: Future Generations in the Hands of 'Autistic' Markets & Mother Nature
Another great Charlie Rose interview. Last night, Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of “Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0” shared some thoughts about how political, financial and societal forces are inhibiting America’s ability to…
Bloom Energy Recap: The Post-Hype Reality
Bloom Energy had a big week between the airing of its 60 Minutes segment on Sunday and the official unveiling on Wednesday. Thanks to some heavy-duty backers, big name customers and a gift for publicity, the fuel cell firm kicked…
Cleantech + IT = Bloom Energy Server
Bloom Energy Server, eBay Installation – Credit: Bloom Energy Bloom Energy’s fuel cell is making waves this week, starting with a 60 Minutes profile and culminating in today’s official coming out party. (FYI: My colleague Katie at Earth2Tech has some…
Cleantech: USA vs. China?
In recent weeks, particularly after the President’s State of the Union Address, there’s been a lot of ink spilled on the topic of China’s ascendancy in the cleantech space. Essentially, most arguments boil down to the danger of forfeiting…
