EnOcean GmbH, recently announced successful completion of a new round of financing. The company will devote eight million Euro in new funding to leveraging the development of energy-autonomous wireless technology and expanding its international market presence. Two new capital providers – SET Venture Partners and the Kathrein group – join existing investors to finance future [...]
Listed by BusinessWeek as #1 out of the top 20 most important technologies of the next 10 years, it looks like ocean tidal power is finally becoming a reality
With all the progress solar panels and wind turbines have made to date, tidal-generated energy sources, arguably the world’s most dependable, predictable and largest untapped renewable [...]
This week Greetechmedia updated their list of the number solar start-ups to a whopping 217!
We all know that green energy is hot – but looking at GreenTechMedia’s Senior Analyst Eric Wesoff’s list of new solar startups (privately held companies with a focus on VC-funded or pre-VC startups) we are are left to wonder just [...]
Industry leaders got together lat week at ConnectivityWeek, a collection of events that focus on the application of Information Technology and energy challenges as they relate to the need for better sustainability. The group includes representatives from utilities, manufacturers, and communications technologies working together on issues related to smart grids, smart devices, and smart [...]
The term “smart grid” is one that is increasingly gaining attention in today’s media. Consortiuminfo.org recently posted a great article by Andrew Updegrove on smart grid technology, which can be deployed as a means to turn the existing energy system into an interactive, two-way energy network that recruits users to create electricity from alternative energy [...]
Waltham Technologies Inc. was launched by biotech industry veteran Una Ryan with the aim of using blue-green algae to treat wastewater. A number of other clean energy companies are also using algae to dispose of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, but Waltham Technologies’ system not only cleans wastewater of contaminants, it creates a [...]
Husk Insulation, devoted to energy efficiency and conservation through the manufacture and deployment of high-performance insulation, was awarded the grand prize today in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Clean Energy Competition. The winning team received a $200,000 cash prize, plus substantial awards including legal advice and administrative support to help launch a successful business.
The [...]
Skyline Solar recently emerged from stealth mode, after an impressive 8-month R&D program from prototype to product, with the announcement of one of the first new high-gain solar (HGS) arrays on the market. The new HGS technology includes some well-known components of the more highly technical mega-arrays that brighten the arid regions of the globe, [...]
With the big lighting event this week in NYC (LIGHTFAIR ’09) – all eyes are on the best and brightest in the world of LEDs. And with all the incredible innovation, it was interesting to read today in Eric Taub’s technology column for the NY Times that there are still no entries in the twenty [...]
Another interesting little piece popped up on earth2tech this morning that I just can’t resist sharing. As a PR firm, we love working with startups. Really, we do: the struggle to grow is an adrenaline rush, and the challenge of defining their identity even as they work to determine how they fit is oftentimes frustrating, but extremely rewarding. These [...]