Can We Harness Ocean Waves to Power Your Home? from Experiment on Vimeo. Wind energy experts have harnessed the movement of air to produce cheap electricity. The movement of water, waves, is another source of energy being explored and utilized. To use wave energy to create electricity, one realizes the … [continued]
Originally published on sustainablog. AquaSprouts co-founders Shannon Crowe and Jack Ikard Got a 10-gallon aquarium laying around in the basement or garage? The detritus of a failed attempt at adding tropical fish to the home decor? Austin, Texas college sophomore Jack Ikard found one in the back shed a year … [continued]
Originally Published on the ECOreport. One of Mosaic’s defining moments came in January 2013, when it started offering a return on crowdsourcing investments. That enabled small investors to buy into solar projects on the rooftops of schools, apartment buildings, convention centers, and other buildings. The Oakland–based company did $7 million worth of business … [continued]
By Maud Texier. Hardware costs for solar have substantially dropped over the past years. Solar module prices have decreased by 70% from 2010 to 2012. The attention is now directed towards soft costs and financing. An NREL study published in September 2013 analyzed the increasing share of soft cost in … [continued]
Emily dreamed up BLAZE to address some of the most significant blind spots of drivers. Her ingenious idea looks like a winner. 79% of bicycle accidents (in the UK, Emily’s home) occur from drivers turning into bicyclists. This is partly due to driver blind spots. Emily conceived BLAZE to help address this. … [continued]
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. Last week, we covered the launch of a new crowdfunding platform, Clean Reach, which is working to advance the ocean energy industry by enabling more targeted access to funding for this clean energy movement. As a follow-up to that post, we got a chance to ask some … [continued]
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. Crowdfunding, as the darling of startups and new product launches across a wide range of industries, has been incredibly powerful for raising awareness and demand for all sorts of creative projects. Getting financial support for innovations in clean energy, however, might not be a great fit … [continued]
By Sherry S. McDonald Imagine having a compelling green technology, a streamlined and risk-mitigated business model, protected intellectual property, a product that is better and more competitive than existing products, and still experiencing challenges to find the right investors to bring in. So why is funding solid cleantech start-ups so … [continued]
There’s currently an interesting Kickstarter campaign up for what’s essentially a portable hybrid solar/electric oven that promises to be very effective in both modes of operation. The man behind the SunFocus solar electric oven (as it’s known), David Chalker, has described the product as the “next-generation” of solar ovens, and … [continued]
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. Lack of access to financing can keep many otherwise worthy solar energy projects from being built in poor and underserved areas, but a solar crowdfunding site is helping to connect individual investors with solar energy businesses and working to bring affordable solar energy to communities around … [continued]
