Public officials might be well advised to steer clear of controversy, but when it comes to energy storage startup EEStor, its investor Zenn Motor — and the companies’ bold claims about the disruptive potential of EEStor’s ultracapacitor technology — a couple of Congressmen are plowing right […] Read more »
Well, we predicted another trademark fight was coming over the term “smartbook”, and it turns out we were spot on. The same type of fight that was fought over the term “netbook” is now being fired up for the “smartbook” term. Sascha Pallenberg of Netbooknews is […] Read more »
Battery startup A123Systems, which filed for an initial public offering more than a year ago but has yet to go public, took home one of the biggest grants in this month’s round of awards under the Department of Energy’s grant program for electric vehicle battery and […] Read more »
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While most iPhone users are aware of unofficial unlock methods, you may be surprised to discover that it’s possible to legally unlock your device, courtesy of Apple. The above image is the not-often-seen official unlock notification, as displayed in iTunes. The dialogue succinctly confirms that the […] Read more »
Policy makers, entrepreneurs, investors, automakers and others are paying increasing attention to long-overlooked energy storage technology, and they’re pouring billions of dollars into the sector in hopes of snagging a piece of the market as it develops. But for startups looking to break into energy storage ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
All eyes have been on the clean power and energy efficiency funds rolling out of the stimulus package, as well as the climate bill, and its cap-and-trade system, currently winding through the Senate. But a lesser-known bill — the Storage Technology of Renewable and Green Energy […] Read more »
Alas, fuel cell makers always seem to need more and more funds to reach commercialization. Just a year ago, fuel cell developer Intelligent Energy announced it had raised $13.6 million to help it reach commercial production. But this morning the Loughborough, England-based company says it has […] Read more »
As the first federal stimulus funds began to make their way across the country, second quarter saw a slight thawing of investor pocketbooks when it came to Green IT.
The smart grid, in particular, continued to attract both media buzz and venture capital investors (who couldn’t ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
A series of setbacks for flywheel energy storage last year made us wonder if the technology was just spinning its wheels. But this morning things are looking up for the tech’s long road to commercialization, with word from the Department of Energy that it has awarded […] Read more »
Cleantech investment is on the rise again, according to two reports released this week, hitting $1.2 billion in the second quarter. “Cleantech venture investment has rebounded moderately after free-falling for two consecutive quarters,” said Brian Fan, senior director of research for the Cleantech Group, in a […] Read more »
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IBM’s “smarter planet initiative” seeks to connect everything from railways to the power grid to buildings with sensors, software and communications gear. And to accomplish such a feat (to basically act as a platform to connect various infrastructure), the computing company needs friends — a whole […] Read more »
We’ve seen a flurry of announcements in the last week as electric vehicle battery makers prepare to request grant money under a Department of Energy program created as part of the stimulus package. There’s $2.4 billion available in all — not nearly enough for every ambitious […] Read more »
Some energy storage technologies for the power grid are expensive but can be deployed anywhere, like advanced batteries, while others are cheap but can only be built in certain locations, like pumping water up and down hilly terrain (known as “pumped hydro”). But a group of […] Read more »
Adding digital intelligence to the power grid is getting all the attention right now from Congress, investors and entrepreneurs, but a next-generation smart grid without energy storage is like a computer without a hard drive: severely limited. Energy stored throughout the grid can provide dispatchable power […] Read more »
Lead metal is about to go the way of so many pop stars: out of the limelight. It’s had a good long run as the material of choice for batteries, but new materials that allow for faster charging, lighter weight, and higher energy density are poised […] Read more »
Lithium-ion batteries found in consumer electronics and the latest electric vehicles (Tesla’s Roadster and GM’s Volt) have a couple of major hurdles: They can be flammable and unstable, and the higher the energy density, the more volatile the technology. That’s the problem that Mohit Singh, founder […] Read more »
For Deeya Energy, good things come in threes. The Fremont, Calif.-based startup, which is working on energy storage technology for three applications — replacing diesel generators, stockpiling renewable energy, and stabilizing the electric grid — has just closed a third round of financing. The oversubscribed $30 […] Read more »
EPA Endangerment Finding: The U.S. EPA said today that greenhouse gases pose a danger to the public, paving the way for the agency to place limits on carbon dioxide and other emissions from vehicles, power plants and factories under the Clean Air Act — and increasing […] Read more »
Lilliputian Systems, a Wilmington, Mass.-based company developing fuel cells for cell phones, laptops and other consumer electronics, has raised $28 million in venture-capital funding. Mouli Ramani, vice president of business development, told us Friday that the company plans to use the money to help integrate its […] Read more »
After cars, here come the electric trucks. (Earth2Tech) Open source comes to car entertainment. Now That’s cool. (OStatic) Your iPhone and SpinVox Memo: Best Friends. (WebWorkerDaily) Mozilla reveals plans for Internet tablets. (jkOnTheRun) What do developers think of iPhone 3.0 OS? (theAppleBlog) ABC, MTV making money […] Read more »
Chrysler-Fiat Deal Contingent on More Loans: Anonymous sources say Fiat’s agreement to take a 35-percent stake in Chrysler will not be binding unless Washington loans Chrysler an additional $3 billion. — Wall Street Journal Toyota the New Top Dog: For the first time since the Great […] Read more »
At long last I am sitting at the gate in the San Francisco Airport where I will soon be heading back to the old hacienda. It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks with the long CES trip to Vegas, one day home and then out to […] Read more »
Lion Cells, a Menlo Park-based startup backed by Battery Ventures and Nth Power, joined the energy-storage fray yesterday, emerging from two years of stealth with a new name — Imara Corp. — and a plan to ship its lithium-ion batteries by the fourth quarter of 2009. […] Read more »
The power grid has seen little innovation in the past few decades, but lately battery companies have started to develop energy storage technologies meant to sit on the grid and help prepare the network for a buildout of renewable energy. Last week, lithium ion battery startup […] Read more »
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