Breakthrough Makes LED Lighting Much More Efficient
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have determined how to choose the best phosphors for making LED lights, making them drastically more efficient.
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New Bills Push for U.S. Renewable Energy and Efficiency Standards
Two separate bills introduced this week would require utilities to draw 25% of their power from renewables by 2025.
New Study Analyzes Highly Efficient Rooftop HVAC System
PNNL found that the Daiken Rebel, which won the DOE rooftop challenge, reduces building energy costs by 41% and could save businesses $1 billion per year.
NREL Re-envisioning Electric Vehicle Batteries
ARPA-E announced a $36 million investment in transformational EV storage projects, including NREL’s highly improved EV flow batteries.
Endowments, Family Offices Increasingly Eyeing Cleantech
Clean transportation, big data, clean water, and agriculture are major investment themes with non-traditional institutional investors.
Mercom: Smart Grid Venture Capital Funding Grows 30% in Q3
Venture capital investors put $65 million in 12 smart grid companies this quarter, with corporate M&A in the sector expected to grow.
Report: Don’t Give up on Cleantech Quite Yet
Investors should consider patterns of cleantech investment and performance with the help of a much wider lens, says a new report.
DOE’s Sunshot Initiative Shines on “Capital Light” Solar Startups
The U.S. DOE dolled out new grants to a few key solar startups, a few of which are seeking investors, focused on streamlining the industry’s financing and customer acquisition “soft costs.”
Solar Cell Breakthrough: The Next Generation
A new solar cell material breakthrough that created a thin film solar cell at 1/5 the cost could be commercialized in just a few years.
Survey: Bay Area VC Confidence Highest in 6 Years
A healthy IPO market and new market opportunities for innovation are keeping Silicon Valley VCs bullish in Q3.