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Tidal Power Keeps on Truckin’

Ocean power has suffered some setbacks recently, such as Pelamis’ bellyflop in Portugal and the UK’s WaveHub losing a developer, but the industry isn’t slowing down — in fact, it’s been a busy month for tidal technology. While there are only a small ...

From DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech,  30 May 2009
Related Topics: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

UltraCell Picks Up $3.8M for Portable Fuel Cells

The portable fuel cell market has been rough for some companies, but investors are still interested — startup UltraCell said this week that it raised $3.8 million for its methanol-based portable fuel cells. It plans to use some of that cash to expand ...

From DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech,  27 May 2009

Hyperion Has a $100M Valuation for Mini Nuclear Power

The idea of nuclear-in-a-box sounds like a joke, but investors and potential customers are taking Hyperion Power Generation very seriously — the company is valued at a whopping $100 million by investors, according to the Denver Post. The company is ...

From DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech,  18 May 2009
Related Topics: Steven Chu

Electric Car-Charging Startup GreenlightAC Joins the Fray

Better Place may be making the most noise in the electric car charging field, but it isn’t the only game in town. And now there’s a new player — one-and-a-half-month-old GreenlightAC, which unveiled plans yesterday to deploy electric vehicle-charging ...

From DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech,  15 May 2009

Charging Up Cell Towers With Fuel Cells

Fuel cell-powered cars may have fallen from favor in the U.S., but that doesn’t mean fuel cell technology is dead. Germany’s P21, which is focused on building fuel cell systems for cell towers, just picked up €10 million ($13.6 million) in funding for ...

From DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech,  13 May 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.

UK Plans World’s Largest Smart Meter Rollout

There are already some UK smart meter trials underway at utilities including British Gas, Npower, and EDF Energy, with meters coming from BGlobal, PRI, and others. But while the established players in the field may have an inside track, smart meter ...

From DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech,  11 May 2009

Investors Back Energy Efficiency in Tough Times, But What About Customers?

Energy efficiency may be the low-hanging fruit of the cleantech industry, but it’s a hard sell in these tough economic times. A report released today from Johnson Controls and the International Facility Management Association on energy efficiency in ...

From DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech,  6 May 2009
Related Topics: Johnson Controls, Inc.,  Don Young,  Google Inc.,  Barack Obama

Easing the Renewable Permit Backlog

Solar and wind companies trying to build big projects on U.S. public lands can breathe a sigh of relief — the long line for a permit from the Bureau of Land Management can finally start moving. The bureau, part of the Department of the Interior, said ...

From DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech,  4 May 2009
Related Topics: Bureau of Land Management,  Ken Salazar

Can Federal Funds Prop Up the U.S. Wind Biz?

The U.S. wind power industry has huge potential, both onshore and off, but it’s clearly looking for a hand from the government to get through these tough times. First there’s the billions in tax credits from the stimulus package that will benefit the ...

From DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech,  2 May 2009

Wave Hub Waves Goodbye to Another Partner

Wave Hub, basically a giant underwater socket under development that wave power developers can use to feed power into the grid, has lost its second partner so far this year. Energy company E.ON, which had planned to use a Pelamis system for the UK ...

From DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech,  29 Apr 2009

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