]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/greentech Blog Articles Tagged with 'greentech' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/150665?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech On Thursday the mayors of San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland held a press conference to announce that the Bay Area would be home to Americas first electric car network, to be designed by Better Place, Shai Agassis electric car company. Better Place... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/150665?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:35:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/150219?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Best of our Blogroll:I could not resist for a Friday afternoon offering up Michael Kanellos' pithy (and dead-on) chronicling of the most paranoid startups in the cleantech world. Utterly hilarious. First Solar, Bloom Energy, EEStor and Solyndra of ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/150219?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:29:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/150205?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Not that I expect much out of this, but, you know, it's nice to be loved. The 2008 Weblog Awards has started so, if you want to pick this one as one of your favs in a specific category, I won't stand in your way. But seriously, I encourage you to vot... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/150205?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:46 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/150057?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech My Clean Break column today takes a look at a few startups that are trying to make wind farms more reliable and productive. Most of the companies I've mentioned in the past Whalepower (blade design that mimics humpback whale flippers); Premium Po... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/150057?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:12:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/149312?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech The mainstream business press, always eager to say We told you so and history will repeat itself, appears quite eager to announce the demise of cleantech and all the associated buzz it carries. The bubble is bursting, they say. The r... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/149312?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:51:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/149115?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Yesterday was the Israel Cleantech Showcase an event cosponsored by the California Israel Chamber of Commerce. Israel is second only to the United States in green startup companies not surprising for a country with few fossil fuel resources ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/149115?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:23:03 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147909?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech For all the talk of green design and eco lifestyles, it's odd that Australia has so few events for businesses, organisations and institutions to showcase their wares in this area. Melbourne does have its very well attended Sustainable Living Festiva... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147909?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:23:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147564?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech We can't drill and burn our way out of our economic and ecological ills, but we can invent and invest our way out, says the author of The Green Collar Economy and founder of Green for All. In part two of our conversation with Van Jones, we talk green... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147564?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:45:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146941?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech photo: SolFocusThough it won't be completed until 2010, and its overall capacity will be divided across several sites, SolFocus has announced that it has signed a deal with EMPE Solar worth $103 million that will install over 10 megawatts of CPV powe... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146941?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:03:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/145361?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech For obvious reasons, most Westerners don't view the Middle East as a very green place. Why would oil-producing companies have any interest in de-valuing their most precious resource, right? Turns out, though, that a small yet significant move towar... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/145361?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:53:36 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/145028?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Anyone who's taken microeconomics remembers one of its first lessons: things are more efficient when people specialize their tasks. A recent article by Greentech Media points out that this idea could be utilized to give the biomass energy industry a... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/145028?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:08:05 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/144694?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Last week the PUC denied a proposed deal between PG&E and Canadian Wave Energy Company Finavera. The deal was for 2 MW of power to be supplied by a wave energy farm 2 miles off the coast of Northern California near Eureka.According to Greentech Media... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/144694?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/144734?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Up until recently, supply was the limiting factor preventing more large-scale wind turbines and farms from being built. There simply were not enough factories manufacturing turbine parts, and those that existed took a long time to build those parts.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/144734?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:40:32 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/144230?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Finavera Renewables, a Vancouver-based wind and wave power developer, has enough troubles these days. The publicly traded company has shares trading at 5 cents and as an untested newcomer to the developer scene it's considered much riskier than more ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/144230?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:06:36 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/142207?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech by Cristina FoungMy favorite green product of the week: the PLX Kiwi Fuel Saving DeviceWhat is it?The PLX Kiwi is basically a fuel efficiency monitor for any car. It's an on-board display that shows you quite a bit of information, including your mile... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/142207?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:18:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/142251?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Last week, Ethiopia signed a deal with French wind turbine-maker Vergnet to construct Africa's largest wind farm. It is expected to produce 120 megawatts within two and a half years, equal to 15 percent of the country's current energy capacity. The ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/142251?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:14:28 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140507?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech by Cristina FoungMy favorite green product of the week: the Brondell Swash Ecoseat Bidet SeatWhat is it?The Swash Ecoseat is a bidet seat. It gets installed in place of your traditional toilet seat and has a control panel to help you select the water... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140507?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:44:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138840?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Leading cleantech venture capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners this week lured away New Zealand power sector veteran Helen Priest to join its Silicon Valley office in cleantech. Helen had been heading corporate ventures for Meridian Energy, New... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138840?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138251?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech I had the opportunity recently to chat with Stephen Brand, the chief technology officer for ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), one of the largest major oil companies in the world. I have a long personal history with the ConocoPhillips organization. One of th... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138251?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:30:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/138008?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech GreenTech Media is reporting that venture capitalists invested a record $2.8 billion in renewable energy companies in the third quarter. The fourth quarter hasn't started out too badly either.Ausra Inc., a provider of large-scale solar thermal energ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/138008?rsstype=tag&tag=greentech Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:17:04 -0400