Texas, home to Big Oil, takes shine to solar power

Texas has long been home to Big Oil companies that specialize in extracting petroleum from hard-to-reach places. Now the hip college town of Austin is vying to become the epicenter of a potentially giant market for carbon-free electricity generated by the hot Texas sun. The rest of Texas may follow, if the state legislature passes incentives that will... 

MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures Backs Laurus Energy

MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, announced that it has backed Laurus Energy, the North American leader in Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project development. Laurus also announced today that top energy executive Rebecca McDonald has joined as CEO. “Given the huge demand for energy in the U.S. and abroad... 

SunPower and City Solar Sign 100-Megawatt, Three-Year Customer Agreement

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced it has signed a customer contract with German solar power plant integrator City Solar Kraftwerke AG. Over the next three years, SunPower will provide City Solar with solar panels and commercial rooftop and ground... 

SunPower and Ecoware Sign 130 Megawatt, Four-Year Customer Agreement

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced it has signed a customer contract with Italian solar plant integrator Ecoware, S.p.A. Under the terms of the agreement, SunPower will provide Ecoware with at least 130 megawatts of its high-efficiency solar panels... 

Funding Pours in for Green Valley Initiative

The Green Valley Initiative (GVI) has received grants and pledges totaling nearly $200,000 to help fund future efforts to bring clean and green technologies to the Inland Empire, representatives announced Tuesday. The economic development agencies of both Riverside and San Bernardino counties have committed $25,000 each to the process of identifying... 

Solar EnerTech Completes Second Solar Cell Production Line

Solar EnerTech Corp. announced that the Company recently completed the build out of its second solar cell production line. The new 25 MW solar cell production line is located at the Company’s solar cell manufacturing facility in Shanghai and the addition of this new line doubles the company’s solar cell production capacity from 25MW to 50MW. “The... 

SunPower and GE Partner to Power-Up HP in San Diego

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, and GE announced today the completion of a 1.1-megawatt solar-electric power system on the roof of HP’s printing technology research and development facility in San Diego. The companies are jointly dedicating the system today... 

California Academy of Sciences Incorporates SunPower’s High-Efficiency Solar Cells into its Sustainable, Living Roof

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that its industry-leading solar cells have been incorporated into the unique architecture of the California Academy of Sciences (Academy) in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif., which is re-opening its new home... 

Solar EnerTech Acquires Stake in 21-Century Silicon; Secures Future Silicon Supply

Solar EnerTech Corp. announced that the Company has entered into an equity purchase agreement in which it acquired two million shares of common stock of 21-Century Silicon, Inc., a polysilicon manufacturer based in Dallas, Texas (”21-Century Silicon”) for $1 million cash. The two million shares acquired by the Company constitute approximately... 

Range Fuels Appoints Greg King to Board of Directors

Range Fuels, Inc., a company focused on green energy and the production of cellulosic ethanol, announced today that Greg King has joined the company’s Board of Directors. King brings a 15 year track record in the refining and marketing industry to the company. King currently serves as President of GCK Ventures, LLC, a private consulting firm. He was...