March 11, 2009
A shakeout may be underway for the solar sector, but one manufacturer, Norway-based NorSun, has just made a deal that could help carry it through the downturn. The company has raised 1.15 billion NOK (about $163 million) to expand its production of silicon wafers and ingots for high-efficiency solar...
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Josie Garthwaite
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energy, IT, Analysis Gregory T. Huang wrote: “If you’re a technology junkie, cleantech is the candy store for you,” said Byron McCann, co-founder and managing partner of Seattle-based Ascent Partners, an investment bank that advises cleantech and software entrepreneurs. McCann, who...
Xconomy
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Gregory T. Huang
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March 09, 2009
Amid hard times, oil companies are starting to improve upon their inefficiencies and hopefully the upgrades may prove to be a boost to their shares, along with related exchange traded funds (ETFs). Many oil companies are reducing budgets, closing wells and throwing out long-term contracts, report......
ETF Trends
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Max Chen
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Given the economic downturn, job seekers are smart to look at areas of opportunity likely to grow even in an ongoing downturn. Naturally, many have turned their attention to clean tech, where investment should only continue thanks to the stimulus package and global efforts to address climate change....
Triple Pundit
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Frank Marquardt
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Eco Factor: Lighting system powered by solar cells. You might be having tens of emergency lighting systems and torches, but in case of a power failure, they are either hard to find or are mostly out of batteries. Solar-powered lights do well when it comes to charged batteries, but they too like othe...
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Jolly
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March 06, 2009
From Nikkei BP Nikkei Business Publications recently announced the results of a survey conducted with engineers in Japan's manufacturing industry on the current global recession. They were asked hard questions about the impact of the recession and measures to cope with it. I am a little surprised th...
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March 05, 2009
cleantech, energy, wind Luke Timmerman wrote: British Columbia is bigger in land area than Washington, Oregon, and California combined, but has about one-tenth the total population. Yet pound-for-pound, our neighbor to the north appears to have its share of entrepreneurs thinking hard about energy a...
Xconomy
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Luke Timmerman
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March 03, 2009
cleantech, energy, environment Luke Timmerman wrote: The venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers said three years ago that “greentech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century.” Since then, voters in the U.S. have elected a President and ...
Xconomy
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Luke Timmerman
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March 02, 2009
The credit crisis isn’t just shaking up the solar industry, it’s reshaping it — forcing major deals to shift from the weak to the strong. OptiSolar, a privately held startup that won a coveted 550 megawatt solar project to supply PG&E with solar power, is selling its project pipeline &...
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Kevin Kelleher
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What's Sunday evening without a little Ty Pennington and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? I don't catch it every week, particularly if the Dallas Cowboys are on, but the program is a juggernaut for helping people in real need. So we caught news that ABC was planning a green show for April 6 and w...
Green Building : Jetson Green
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Preston Koerner
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