Silicon Alley Insider:
Looking for a change of scenery? There are several new opportunities posted on the Silicon Alley Insider job board. Recent listings include positions at The Huffington Post, AdBuyer.com, TechWeb, and more:Account Executive, (Read More)
PV Tech - News:
Chinese vertically integrated solar manufacturer CNPV has signed a long-term strategic partnership sales agreement with Stand-By Europe, a Czech project development and distribution company. Under the terms of the deal, CNPV (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Steve Westly, former California State Controller and current operator of the venture firm Westly Group, says he got interested in the smart grid and clean tech in order to save the world and make massive amounts of money in t (Read More)
VentureBeat:
“I’m not skeptical that the Smart Grid should exist,” famed Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla said, kicking off his conversation with VentureBeat editor Matt Marshall at GreenBeat 2009. “I wouldn’t be here if I was.” Khosl (Read More)
VentureBeat:
“Ten years out we want lamps that use 2 percent the energy and put out the same amount of light,” Doerr said at the beginning of his talk at GreenBeat 2009 today — indicative of his interest and that of his firm, Kleiner Perk (Read More)
VentureBeat:
The seminal conference on the Smart Grid has arrived.Our two-day inaugural GreenBeat conference kicks off this afternoon at the San Mateo Marriott, bringing together 400 utility, finance, political and entrepreneurial leaders (Read More)
VentureBeat:
LinkedIn became the second of Silicon Valley’s biggest social networks to make a compelling distribution move this week. It’s landed in your inbox — quite literally if you have Microsoft Outlook.They’ve partnered with Microso (Read More)
PV Tech - News:
Industry sources in Taiwan have reported that three resident silicon cell manufacturers, Motech, E-Ton and Neo Solar have each signed a MOU with Canadian solar for 40MWp, 60MWp and 60MWp, respectively. . (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Santiago, Chile-based Austral Capital is one of a growing number of Latin American VC firms making names for themselves. Thanks to aggressive support from the Chilean government, the less than two-year old company has funded (Read More)
PV Tech - News:
DuPont Apollo, a subsidiary of DuPont, has opened its silicon based thin-film PV module manufacturing facility. The 538,000-square-foot facility will have an annual capacity of up to 50MW with a thin-film-on-glass photovoltai (Read More)
New York Times:
In addition to seeding start-ups with small investments, Norwest Venture Partners’s fund will make bigger deals and will branch out from pure technology companies.
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VentureBeat:
There’s one day to go before GreenBeat 2009 takes off, and we’re still adding Smart Grid experts to the agenda. Rounding out the program, we have Google PowerMeter engineer (and former astronaut!) Ed Lu, and OPower CEO Dan Ya (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Intel said today that it has invested $25 million in seven new startups as part of its goal of advanced the interests of increasing demand for the company’s products.The investments were led by Intel Capital, which is the inv (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Hey Googlers and Google-watchers, New Yorkers and New York-watchers -- this is your week!It's "Google New York Week" on Silicon Alley Insider.Over the next five days, we're turning our focus on tech's most successful company, (Read More)
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About two weeks ago, Microsoft Corporation laid off their “ambassador to startups” Don Dodge because of a broad workforce reduction. Dodge decided to come to Silicon Valley to do some interviewing shortly after. Google exte (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner.Excel where your competitors suck – The most minute annoyance can drive a customer into the arms of a competitor. Serial entrepreneur Scott Olson discusses how to turn (Read More)
PV Tech - News:
Sino-American Silicon Products told Reuters.com that it expects its shipments to rise around 30% in 2010 as it sees that global market for solar power improving. Sino-American president Doris Hsu, told Reuters that the compan (Read More)
VentureBeat:
I’m delighted to announce that Vinod Khosla, one of Silicon Valley’s highest profile green investors, will be speaking at our GreenBeat conference next week.Khosla is important for two reasons. He’s probably the most prolific (Read More)
VentureBeat:
In order for a conference to be a catalyst for change, it needs to have people asking the right questions. GreenBeat 2009 has recruited a crack team of moderators to execute this task — including two of the most respected ana (Read More)
PV Tech - News:
China based monocrystalline silicon solar ingots and wafers manufacturer, Solargiga Energy Holdings' 300kW pilot BIPV project has commenced power generation successfully. (Read More)