Remember Switch Lighting? Well, this is what happened to them, and also what happened to one early bulb I owned.…
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A one-stop-shop for home energy kicks into high gear in New England
New tools for home energy -- from a solar roof to better insulation -- are leading to big growth for a six-year-old startup in New England.…
Read MoreA long-lasting battery from startup Amprius is slowly making its way to your cell phone
Amprius' lithium ion batteries can deliver gadgets that last 25 percent longer between charges. The company is now working on commercializing those batteries and even looking at using them for electric cars.…
Read MoreLux Capital closes $245M third fund, remains committed to energy tech
Lux Capital has closed on its third fund, of $245 million, and remains committed to investing in energy technology, despite that many VCs have backed out of cleantech investing.…
Read MoreVantagePoint curbs cleantech fund raising due to lack of interest
One of the most aggressive cleantech investors, VantagePoint Capital Partners, has stopped raising its more recent billion dollar cleantech fund. Why? Lack of interest from limited partners, the investors that put money into VC funds. And that's been an ongoing trend.…
Read MoreBrightSource actually raising $130M for solar thermal
Solar thermal company BrightSource is actually looking to raise $130 million, which is another $50 million over the amount it announced last month. The company makes solar thermal power plants which use mirrors and a boiler to produce electricity.…
Read MoreBiochemical & biofuel startups unable to IPO, continue to raise funding
Biochemical and biofuel companies can no longer rest assured that they can raise money going public. Genomatica has ditched its plans for an IPO, and opted to raise private funding. Solix Biofuels has also raised a new round of private funding.…
Read MoreThe Internet of Things and energy
In the cleantech and utility worlds, it's called "the smart grid" and "energy efficiency." In the broader tech realm, it's called the "Internet of Things." Let's bring these two ideas together, because the Internet of Things will play a crucial role in making systems more efficient.…
Read MoreWave-powered robots to monitor the oceans
A company called Liquid Robotics, which makes a wave-powered marine robot, took one step closer to world domination and announced it's raised $22 million from Silicon Valley venture firm VantagePoint Capital Partners and oil and gas vendor Schlumberger.…
Read MoreSwitch Shows Off Liquid-Cooled LED Bulb
Formerly called SuperBulbs, Switch Lighting is finally showing off its first set of commercial products, which are liquid-cooled LED bulbs that are meant to replace incandescent bulbs, at the lighting convention Lightfair this week.…
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