Sunrun Closes $60M Equity Investment
That brings its total VC funding to $145 million, along with $150M from US Bankcorp for solar leasing.
Rio+20 Earth Summit: One Month Away
This year's theme is Making it Happen ... let's hope it does.
Two Green Roofs Going Up in Times Square
The InterContinental New York Times Square will be the largest new hotel to get LEED-certified.
Smart Growth Prevails in Recovering Housing Market
Rentals will lead the way in walkable communities, where housing prices will rise the fastest.
Solexel, SolFocus, Sopogy Raise Money in Tough Solar Environment
Solexel using silicon gas to make extremely thin solar cells, SolFocus for concentrating PV and Sopogy for micro-scale concentrating solar.
KPCB Closes $535 Million Venture Capital Fund
Its 15th fund will invest in cleantech, but the focus will be on digital experience.
Intel to Raise Effiicency of Notebooks, Data Centers
The company says it will raise efficiency 25 times by 2020.
Vermont Bans Fracking
In the coming generation or two, drinking water will be more valuable than oil or natural gas.
Apple's $1 Billion Data Center Runs on 100% Renewables
It doubled the solar array at its North Carolina data center to 40 MW, the largest private array.
Commerce Puts Hefty Tariffs on Chinese Solar Imports
There’s no shortage of opinions on the Commerce Department’s decision to impose tariffs on imports of Chinese solar panels into the US. The Department ruled that Chinese solar manufacturers did indeed flood the US with panels at prices below production costs, making it hard for US manufacturers to compete. It set hefty tariffs of 31-250% on Chinese solar imports of 31.2% for Suntech, Trina Solar, Yingli Green and 59 other companies that agreed to be investigated. All other companies have tariffs of a whopping 250%. The tariffs are much higher than the anticipated 10-12%. In light of the massive surge of imports ahead of the determination, the duties apply retroactively for 90 days. But that could change when the Department issues a final rulling in October. And the tariffs apply solely to crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, not the final solar panels if they are made with cells from another country. In March, Commerce ruled "Because China is unfairly subsidizing solar production" tariffs will be set at 2.90%-4.73%. Rates vary depending on the subsidies the company receives from China’s government. The two tariffs combined could raise the price by about $1.10 per watt, 17% higher than the current spot price of […]
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