February 27, 2009
Waiting…Still Waiting: The DOE has yet to disburse $25 billion under a four-year-old loan program for green cars. One complication: It can only award money to “financially viableâ€� companies and projects, and two applicants (GM and Chrysler) must wait another month for feds to decide whethe...
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Josie Garthwaite
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February 24, 2009
deals, energy, lithium-ion Ryan McBride wrote: Boston-Power, a Westborough, MA-based maker of long-lasting lithium-ion batteries, says that it has struck a deal with battery maker GP Batteries to dedicate GP’s entire plant in Taiwan to the production of Boston-Power’s Sonata batteries. T...
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Ryan McBride
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January 19, 2009
Boston Power, today landed with a funding of $55 million to expand its market and operations. The maker of eco-friendly, long-lasting lithium-ion batteries, is planned to be used as the provider for almost all of HP’s upcoming notebook line. Reports state, that the companies flagship produc...
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Sam
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January 16, 2009
Roundup, deals, VC Rebecca Zacks wrote: Everything else around here is frozen solid this week (hello, minus two degrees real-feel!), but the tech and life sciences deals are flowing. —Two Massachusetts firms—Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALNY) of Cambridge and Cubist Pharmaceuticals (...
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Rebecca Zacks
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January 14, 2009
On the heels of news that it had scored a deal with laptop maker Hewlett Packard, lithium-ion battery maker Boston Power says this morning it has raised $55 million to keep growing its business. The 4-year-old company has now raised a total of $125 million, making it one of the most well-funded firm...
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Katie Fehrenbacher
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energy, deals, cleantech Ryan McBride wrote: Boston-Power has closed a $55 million fourth round of financing to fund its expansion—including ratcheting up production of its longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries for laptops—and to boost efforts to break into the promising market to supply ...
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Ryan McBride
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January 06, 2009
energy, deals, cleantech Ryan McBride wrote: These are the salad days for the Boston area’s developers of alternative energy and clean technologies. Such firms had no problem landing big deals with corporate partners, governments, and investors in 2008. At the risk of sounding whimsical, the s...
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Ryan McBride
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December 12, 2008
Roundup, deals, VC Rebecca Zacks wrote: How about half a dozen venture deals to brighten a dreary New England week? Those, and the rest of the Boston-area deals news, below. —Several Boston-area firms helped funnel $40 million into cellulosic ethanol startup Coskata of Warrenville, IL. The Ser...
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Rebecca Zacks
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December 10, 2008
Beginning in early 2009, HP will become the first notebook manufacturer to make use of Boston-Power’s new battery technology. The Sonata battery, developed by the Massachusetts firm, represents a major leap in lithium-ion battery technology with regards to two major claims: Firstly, Boston-Pow...
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Zach Epstein
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HP will be offering a notebook battery on selected notebooks that will supposedly last 3 years without any degradation in performance. Called the Enviro battery by HP, this was in development for 3 years by Boston Power under the name Sonata. The battery is designed to go through 1000 recharge cycle...
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