A week of historic days on Wall Street might have kept you preoccupied this week. If you didn’t catch the big news in green energy while stocks tumbled into the red we’ve gathered the important headlines for you here.
Presidential Debate: Candidates Agree, Cleantech Can Fix Economy and Planet: Energy emerged as a major topic of discussion in the second presidential debate, and while Obama and McCain disagreed on the details, both candidates agreed that clean technology is necessary to both help fix the economy and fight climate change.
9 Sexiest Electric Cars from the Paris Auto Show: This year’s Paris Auto Show is turning out to be the most electrifying one yet, with car makers from all over the world debuting their electric vehicles. The offerings range from far-flung concept cars to very real production models.
4 Clean Energy Lessons Bob Metcalfe Learned From the Internet: Bob Metcalfe, the father of Ethernet and founder of 3Com, has been mining the “rich vein” of Internet history to inform the next generation of energy technology — or “enertech” (energy technology), as he likes to call it. Metcalfe offers these four lessons for keeping energy innovation on track.
Bloom Energy: “Close” to Unveiling Its Fuel Cell: The Kleiner Perkins crew graced the cover of the New York Times Sunday Magazine last weekend and the story had a few juicy bits on Kleiner’s first cleantech investment, a still somewhat stealthy fuel-cell maker, Bloom Energy including word that Bloom is close to unveiling a product.
Solyndra Amasses $600M for Totally Tubular Thin-Film Solar: Secretive thin-film solar startup Solyndra unveiled for the first time this week its solar module design for commercial rooftops and funding totaling more than $600 million. The company says its design can cut the cost of installing solar rooftops in half and reduce installation time by a third.
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