Opera Software has released a beta of Opera 10.6, which offers improved support for HTML5 (including offline apps and geolocation) and royalty-free WebM video. It also promises to be even faster, with some fine-tuning of the impressively quick JavaScript engine that was introduced in 10.5. Read More »
It’s not just e-books: it’s new sites, services and products. It’s a blog or a newsletter or your first training course or that cool app you’ve been wishing someone would build. We’re often encouraged to try great new ways to generate continuous revenue streams. Read More »
The Department of Energy this morning announced the tenth award for a clean energy project under the long delayed loan guaranteed program. Oregon-based U.S. Geothermal has won the latest award, on a conditional basis, for $102.2 million. Read More »
Bloom Energy may capture the lion’s share of buzz among fuel cell startups, but ClearEdge Power has generated a fair amount of business for its $50,000 stationary fuel cell systems, including a new $40 million distribution deal for the Korean market. Read More »
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: Seth Godin: “16 questions for free agents” WorkAwesome: “The Benefits of Working from Home” WorkAwesome: “How to Ask Your Boss to Work From Home” A List Apart: “Habit … Read More »
While corporations can learn from web workers, I think that the reverse is also true. As someone who has worked recently on both sides of the fence, I thought it would be interesting to think about what web workers can learn from corporations. Read More »
There are many reasons I love being a community manager: I get to meet interesting people; no two days are ever the same; and it’s a job that can be tailored to fit my interests. All of these things make it a great job. Read More »
JinkoSolar IPO: China Solar Manufacturer Makes Its Debut
By Josie Garthwaite
May. 14, 2010, 9:36am PT
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JinkoSolar Holding, a China-based solar manufacturer, priced shares for its IPO and began trading Friday at $11 apiece — the low end of the expected range. In morning trading, Jinko’s stock has dipped as low as $10.80 and hit a high of $11.23. Read More »
C3Nano, working on a low-cost coating for more efficient solar panels, won attention from investors, greentech insiders and the Department of Energy this week by winning the $200,000 grand prize in the MIT Clean Energy Prize contest. Read More »
FreelanceCamp PRO, a BarCamp-style “unconference” for freelancers, will be hosting its next event on June 5 in San Francisco. In true BarCamp style, the actual schedule will be determined by attendees on the day of the event, but the suggested list of topics is interesting. Read More »
The online space has delivered the kind of measurability we only dreamed of before. The problem is that more seems to mean less: the avalanche of stats seems to reveal little real, reliable information. Technology research reporting is rife with value judgments, omissions and unjustified conclusions. Read More »
Abengoa Solar, eSolar and Infinia are among the companies selected to benefit from a new round of Department of Energy investments in concentrating solar power. The goal? Tap the power of the sun 18 hours a day and kick the coal habit. Read More »
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Massachusetts utility National Grid and Cape Wind announced an agreement for the utility to buy 50 percent of the power generated by the controversial 130-turbine offshore wind project starting in 2013. Read More »
The iPad may be partially responsible for the slow demise of netbook sales, according to a Morgan Stanley market analyst. In a report for Morgan Stanley clients, the impact of the iPad is causally linked to the rapid decline of the netbook sales growth curve. Read More »
By Josie Garthwaite
May. 6, 2010, 5:00am PT
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Skyline Solar, a 3-year-old startup working on concentrating photovoltaic systems, claims today to be among the first companies to receive a patent under a pilot program for giving greentech patent applications an express lane. More than 900 applications have flooded the program. Read More »
By Josie Garthwaite
May. 5, 2010, 11:08am PT
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Doling out awards ASAP under the Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program has been an ongoing theme for the agency under the Obama administration. One of the next steps to speed up the process will be bringing more of it online. Read More »
It was time for a replacement, but the adventure I took to get there has been a wild one. You see, for the first time in my life, not only did I consider a Mac as a viable option, but I’ve made the switch. Read More »
The cost of commodities trend in one direction: up. Coal, oil, gold, even rice, it’s all the same, said greentech and software pioneer Bill Gross at Earth2Tech’s Green:Net conference today. “The one thing that’s going down is the cost of computational power. Read More »
By Josie Garthwaite
Apr. 28, 2010, 11:25am PT
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After nine years in the federal review process, a controversial wind farm envisioned for Nantucket Sound has won approval from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. If the project goes through as planned, it will be the first offshore wind farm in the country. Read More »
The concept behind Socialwok is a good one: leverage the power of the Google Apps mail, documents, calendar, and instant messaging functions to let companies and organizations create interactive discussion timelines. Read More »
Duke Energy says cost estimates for an Indiana coal plant (designed to test carbon capture and storage technology and use what’s called integrated gasification combined cycle tech) have ballooned to $2.88 billion, up from original estimate of less than $2 billion. Read More »
The key to a successful social media marketing campaign, is knowing when — and how — to use the medium. That’s the central theme of my latest Long View for GigaOM Pro, “The Dos and Don’ts of Social Media Marketing” (subscription required). Read More »
A little known fact about Boeing: it’s got more solar patents than anyone else in the U.S., (14 solar thermal patents since 2002 as of January, according to a law firm.) So sooner or later the defense contractor would want to commercialize ‘em. Read More »
The folks at CLEAR (formerly Clearwire) kindly sent me their latest 4G WiMAX modem to try out, so I’ve been testing it here in Seattle and on a weekend train trip to Portland. Read More »
Venture capital and private equity: That’s the sweet spot for the U.S. and one of the only areas where the country leads the world in terms of financing a renewable energy buildout, according to a new report from the Pew Environment Group. Read More »
Looks like in the case of The Guild, the gestation of a comic book project is about the same as a human pregnancy. Nine months after announcing that she’d be writing a Guild comic book for Dark Horse Comics, Felicia Day’s first foray … Read More »
Is a negawatt worth the same amount of money as a megawatt? The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has said yes, at least tentatively, and this could spell big new opportunities in the demand response industry. At the same time, it could give technologies that enable turning … Read More »
BioFuelBox, a San Jose, Calif.-based startup that has spent a quiet four years working to turn waste grease, oil and fat into low-sulfur biodiesel, has ceased operations, according to a peHUB report, “after being unable to reach agreement on a new round of funding … Read More »
Just nine metropolitan areas in the U.S. at the end of 2009 could boast the presence of more than 100 commercial and industrial buildings earning the Energy Star label for energy efficiency, according to the just-released list of the EPA’s top 25 cities for Energy Star … Read More »
SpectraWatt, a maker of crystalline silicon solar cells spun out of Intel back in 2008, has dusted itself off after funding troubles and manufacturing delays, and now says it has the capital necessary to finish work on its first factory, allow for capacity expansions and … Read More »
Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, has taken a shine to an idea from a Silicon Valley startup to capture and recycle carbon emissions. The coal giant announced today that it has invested $15 million into 3-year-old Calera, which has developed technology to capture … Read More »
First Solar, the thin-film solar giant, has just linked up with the mega-giant of all solar projects: the Desertec Industrial Initiative. The Arizona-based company announced this morning that it has become an “associate partner” in the ambitious project, which by 2050 aims to supply … Read More »
When First Solar snagged a 550-megawatt deal with Southern California Edison last year, the thin-film solar giant’s utility contracts amounted to more than its actual production capacity, BNET pointed out. As utilities continue racing to get renewable energy projects onto their books ahead of state … Read More »
First Solar, the thin film solar darling, has lined up another customer for the power generated at its planned Desert Sunlight project in Riverside County, Calif: Pacific Gas & Electric. Under a power purchasing agreement announced this morning, the California utility plans buy more … Read More »
In times of national need, history has shown that countries can innovate fast — with enough funding. The government has been able to say “Deliver the goods now, we need them, quickly,” and has seen successful results, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said in a talk today … Read More »
No matter what you do, social media is probably impacting your industry — especially if you do most of your work online. Even though we can all agree on the importance of social media, figuring out how to use it is not so obvious. Read More »
Zoho today announced support for Facebook Connect, which means you can now access its entire suite of applications using your Facebook account. If you don’t already have a Zoho account, then you can sign up with your Facebook ID. Read More »
In the first year that Macworld Expo San Francisco did not see Apple attend, the speculation leading up to the show was centered on what Macworld Expo would be like without its best known exhibitor. David Pogue gave us a look at the world without Apple, … Read More »
SoloPower, a San Jose, Calif.-based thin-film solar startup working on copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) cells and panels, has raised nearly $45 million in debt financing, according to a regulatory filing. About $19.9 million of that amount will be paid to co-founders Bulent Basol and Homayoun Talieh, in … Read More »
By Edit Staff
Feb. 19, 2010, 2:00pm PT
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Just in case you missed any of them, here are the five most popular posts on WebWorkerDaily this week: Google Buzz Tips and Tricks Doriano shares his favorite ways to get the most out of Google’s new foray into the social networking space, Buzz. 10 … Read More »
Just over six months have passed since Samsung unveiled a multibillion-dollar push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its factories and slash the amount of emissions resulting from its consumer products. Now the company is diversifying its efforts. Read More »
By Josie Garthwaite
Feb. 15, 2010, 9:10am PT
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3TIER, a startup based in Seattle, Wash., has a deceptively simple goal: Help accelerate renewable energy projects by providing access to reliable information. To do that, the company has just launched a new online “prospecting” tool, which lets users dive deep into a mass … Read More »
Look at a solar panel and you might think of its manufacturer or installer, or maybe – if you’re a true solar geek – the company that made the cells inside the panel. But when Marc Doyle, global business director for DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions, looks … Read More »
The Department of Energy faces a dilemma. It aims to fund projects that will help reduce power consumption, boost energy efficiency, put Americans back to work and build up what the Obama administration likes to call the clean energy economy. And it wants to do so … Read More »
By Josie Garthwaite
Feb. 11, 2010, 9:30am PT
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Get yer solar — cheap! — by teaming up with neighbors and bargaining collectively with installers. That’s the service offered by San Francisco-based startup One Block Off the Grid, or 1BOG, which has just raised $5 million in its first round of venture capital financing. Currently … Read More »
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