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Confimed Shrinkage: Solar Venture Capital Funding
The amount of venture capital (VC)—early-stage funding with higher risks, but high potential returns—going to solar companies continues to shrink, according to a new report from Mercom Capital Group. The report found that solar venture capital in the first quarter of 2013 fell to $126 million, almost a third of the $324 million in the [...]
University of Colorado Scores 450K DOE Solar Grant
The University of Colorado is the recipient of a $450,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish a research team to investigate solar technological innovations. In total, the Department of Energy has selected five such projects across the country for a total investment of $3.5 million in solar research. For its part, the [...]
Boulder City, NV to Boast 300MW PV Plant
The never-ending race to build the largest solar PV power plant continues. Green sources have announced that POSCO Power and California based renewable energyprojects development company, Sustainable Energy Capital Partners (SECP) are teaming up to build a 300-MW photovoltaic solar power plant in lovely Boulder City, Nevada. “This project is the world’s largest solar PV [...]
CU Boulder Adds More Solar
The Center for Innovation and Creativity on the campus at theUniversity of Colorado at Boulder is now ten percent solar powered,courtesy of a 370-solar-panel installation that was recently installed atop the center’s roof. The solarinstallation is the most recent addition to CU Boulder under theuniversity’s long-term sustainability commitment initiative and willproduce enough energy to power [...]
First Mexican Restaurant with Solar Power
MiCocina, a Mexican restaurant located for over 10 years at Belleview andWindermere recently installed a solar structure above an existing patioto create an awning that not only shades the diners, but generates theelectricity used to prepare their food.Saul Sierra,owner of the restaurant has dedicated the popular spot to the renewableenergy cause. After ten years at [...]