 New solar energy firm launches, heats competition
(BizJournals: Mon, 22 Oct) While solar materials maker Konarka Technologies Inc. made a big splash in the industry with its recent $45 million round of funding, it's no longer the only thin-film photovoltaic game in town.
|
 Solar Energy Week starts tomorrow
(San Diego Union-Tribune: Sat, 20 Oct) DEL MAR: The California Center for Sustainable Energy will kick off its third annual Solar Energy Week tomorrow with a free family-oriented event at San Dieguito County Park.
|
 Solar giant Suntech moving to S.F.
(BizJournals: Mon, 22 Oct) One of the world's largest manufacturers of solar power systems has chosen San Francisco for its North American headquarters, a move that could bring hundreds of jobs and solidify the city's place at the forefront of clean energy.
|
 Second Place Solar Home Uses Liquid Desiccant Waterfall
(Science Daily: Sun, 21 Oct) The University of Maryland Solar Decathlon Team capped its "silver" honors in the U.S. Department of Energy competition by winning the BP Solar People's Choice Award on Saturday. Competing innovative homes run entirely with solar power. The Maryland LEAFHouse has one of the few technical innovations in the competition -- a waterfall that incorporates design and function to reduce moisture and ...
|
|
 Solar power company receives venture capital funds
(The Champaign News-Gazette: Sun, 21 Oct) CHAMPAIGN – SmartSpark Energy Ventures has received what it calls "significant" funding from a venture capital company to help make solar energy more efficient and affordable. The 4-year-old company in the University of Illinois Research Park got the investment from Battery Ventures, which has offices in Boston, Menlo Park, Calif., and Israel. Jason Matlof will represent Battery Ventures on ...
|
 Clooney to help manage energy company
(9 News Denver: Sun, 21 Oct) BERN, Switzerland (AP) - George Clooney will become an executive board member of a new Swiss energy company that will develop environmentally friendly techniques for car motors and other devices, the billionaire who is setting up the firm said Saturday. The new company will have different branches doing research and development in the clean production of hydrogen, solar energy and fuel ...
|
 Clooney Becomes Exec. in Energy Company
(KABC-TV Los Angeles: Sun, 21 Oct) The new company will have different branches doing research and development in the clean production of hydrogen, solar energy and fuel cells.
|
|
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign wins Market Viability Contest at Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon
