department of energy
Truly, the US Department of Energy must have captured a dirty great Leprechaun farm and then successfully managed to GPS its way to the end of the rainbow. How else can you explain the never-ending cash it pulls out of its back pocket to fund whatever renewable energy trend happens
photovoltaic
When VCs go shopping, they really go shopping. Wandering merrily through the racks of renewables companies, VC fund First Reserve has taken a “And I’ll need a pair of earrings to go with this frock” approach to acquisitions: the frock is a fetching Spanish solar number, Gamesa Solar; the
ohio
Thin film firm Xunlight might not win any prizes for spelling (but might be useful in Scrabble) but they know how to win the hearts of VCs and assorted moneymen. The US solar mob has got itself on the business end of $22 million in Series B financing, led by
DARPA
Why is it that spies always get the cool stuff? Take James Bond. Greenbang would kill for a watch that shoots lasers, an underwater car or an exploding pen. Not to protect Queen and country though, more to show off to her mates on Friday night out. Now, the real
efficiency
Vodafone is going on a carbon cutting mission, taking a great big carbon coloured knife to its emissions. Big Red has its sights set on trimming half the carbon off its baseline (it’s a veritable game of carbon tennis!) of 1.23 million tonnes by 2020. Thankfully, it’s
california
Irish renewables firm NTR is handing over $100 million to US solar company Stirling Energy Systems to help them deliver two massive plants. This initially confused Greenbang. A quick scout around on the internet showed her you could get several massive plants delivered for a couple of hundred quid if
electric
Greenbang would like to say: electric solar wind sail. Nope, she’s not trapped in a youthful hell playing Mallett’s Mallet, being smacked over the head with a rubber hammer, she’s just describing an incredible invention out of Finland: an electric solar wind sail. Not only a great
energy
For years, popcorn has remained quiet, biding its time. Once an underachiever, now it’s ready to burst out from the shadows, able to finally give to humanity, prove its worth and save the world. And you thought it was just there to make you feel vaguely queasy after a
australia
People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, so the saying goes. Greenbang always wondered what type of person lives in a greenhouse to start with and why they would keep stones lying around indoors let alone feel obliged to lob them about, but that’s another matter. But now
australia
It looks like there’s something rotten in the state of Queensland. Last month, Greenbang brought you news that Australia’s sunshine state had started a scheme that promised people putting up solar panels would earn 44 cents for every kilowatt they create. Only now things aren’t looking so
biofuel
Greenbang’s a bit, well, naive, which probably explains why she has always thought that the stock market works on the same principle as an airplane. In the same way that planes are kept aloft by their passengers’ belief in the miracle of flight, the stock market is kept aloft
energy
Greenbang has always held MIT in some respect. They walk in shadow, move in silence, guard against extraterrestrial violence. They’re the first, last and only line of defence against the worst scum of the universe, and to give them their due, they keep Will Smith in gainful employment. All