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Here is this week's events guide. You can download the entire event calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also import individual events using the link beside each entry. This events guide is (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Last week’s announcement of $3.4 billion in stimulus funds for utilities was big news for smart meter makers. Almost every recipient of the money said they would be using it to add millions of advanced meters to their coverag (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Geodynamics, a company that draws emissions-free power from hot fractured rocks beneath the earth’s surface, has just won $90 million from Australia’s Renewable Energy Demonstration Program.The Hot Fractured Rock (HFR) techni (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Massive battery-maker Sanyo Electric is looking to be acquired by Panasonic — forming an almost invincible force in the energy storage space. Now, to make itself even more attractive as an acquisition, it’s hiking its investm (Read More)
VentureBeat:
With a new game, a new business model, and a new developer platform, iPhone game publisher Ngmoco has been able to land itself on the top of the AppStore charts.Ngmoco’s Eliminate Pro shooting game moved to the No. 1 spot on (Read More)
VentureBeat:
ReVolt, a Swiss spinoff from a Norwegian research firm, promises to triple the driving range of electric cars while lowering costs and increasing battery reliability and safety.These claims would be remarkable for any battery (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Maybe taking a cue from 3M’s Light Pipe, researchers at Georgia Tech say they can now directly channel solar energy into light bulbs using nanostructures built onto fiber optic cables.The nanometer scale-wires greatly increas (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was the target of an elaborate hoax by the Yes Men leading some major media outlets to believe that it had reversed its opposition to the Kerry-Boxer climate bill pending approval i (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Al Gore’s new book “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis” burst onto the scene yesterday, drawing glowing reviews, talking-head ire, and more than a few questions about his credibility, motivation and future as the (Read More)
VentureBeat:
We are thrilled to announce investor and former California state controller Steve Westly as the newest speaker for GreenBeat 2009, the seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid taking place Nov. 18 and 19 in San Mateo.Br (Read More)
VentureBeat:
We have added a new group of Smart Grid leaders to the agenda for GreenBeat 2009, the seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid, on Nov. 18 and 19. The new names add political insight, utility expertise and more entrepre (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Bursting onto the scene with a new utility deal today, EcoFactor offers software for two-way thermostats to make them so smart that they can adjust your temperature the way you like it without you raising a finger.Taking past (Read More)
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Philadelphia-based RecycleBank has raised $28.25M in third-round funding from Generation Investment Management, Kleiner Perkins, RRE Ventures, Sigma Partners and The Westly Group. The company previously raised around $32M. Re (Read More)
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Dvorak Uncensored:
Last year Mr Gore’s venture capital firm loaned a small California firm $75m to develop energy-saving technology. The company, Silver Spring Networks, produces hardware and software to make the electricity grid more efficient (Read More)
VentureBeat:
[John Doerr is a partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He submitted this review to VentureBeat. Al Gore was named a partner at Kleiner Perkins two years ago. Both will be speaking at GreenBeat, our (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Green Wavelength, a young firm developing renewable energy prototypes, has unveiled its first product, the xBEE Alpha, touting blades that flap like insect wings.With a 19-foot wingspan, the two-blade model is designed to sha (Read More)
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The Automotive X Prize, the prestigious competition for advanced vehicle concepts, got a pat on the back from the U.S. Department of Energy today in the form of a $5.5 million grant. This is more than half the $10 million pri (Read More)
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California is now home to the world’s largest plant converting landfill gas into usable natural gas. Major landfill operator Waste Management, in partnership with the Linde Group, just opened its $13.5 million facility outsid (Read More)
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