The Cleantech Group revealed its fourth annual Global Cleantech 100 list and report on Monday, and awarded winners in several categories at at the Global Cleantech 100 Gala at the Italian Embassy in Washington on Monday night. The list of 100 recognises “the one hundred most promising and innovative companies … [continued]
Small Businesses are ignoring energy savings, leaving money on the table. Energy costs are rising every year, at a healthy clip of 6-8% annually. An increasing number of small and medium businesses quote energy costs as their biggest expense behind real estate and labor. But the small business energy landscape is changing. […]
By Mark Golden STANFORD, Calif.–U.S. investors in clean energy technology are looking to make only modest financial commitments to startups now, but they still expect nothing less than total passion from entrepreneurs. Most early-stage investing in clean tech today focuses on energy startups that leverage information technology not currently … [continued]
This is an odd an interesting news item that crossed my desk recently. Apparently, “Yahoo Mail users will spend $110 more this year on electricity,” Opower reports. “Based on the company’s cutting-edge behavioral science and patent-pending data analytics, Opower found that, on average, Yahoo Mail users consume 939 kilowatt-hours … [continued]
Facebook, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Opower, and 16 US utility companies joined forces recently to create a social energy app launched today. “With an initial reach of 20 million households, the effort is one of the most significant to date, enabling people to take action and become … [continued]
