Posts tagged: energy department

Entrepreneur looks to heat up solar

TORONTO – Up to now, the main impediments to powering your home with solar energy have been cost and a confusing sales process, but Dave Llorens wants to change that.
His San Francisco-based startup, One Block Off The Grid, operates as a kind of solar brokering middleman, gathering together large groups of homeowners to negotiate cheaper [...]

Saturday May 15th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

DOE funds to stretch solar power via salt storage

The Department of Energy is funding a series of projects that marry concentrating solar power with storage, which offers the potential of solar power plants that operate 18 hours a day.
The DOE said Friday that it has made $62 million available to 13 companies to test equipment and materials, such as molten salts, to add [...]

Wednesday May 12th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

When Clean Energy Grants Run Out, Will a ‘Green Bank’ Take Over?

When energy consultant Matthew Rogers moved to the Energy Department over a year ago, he had $36.7 billion in grants and loan guarantee authority from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to get out the door. Today, all but about $300 million has been committed to 5,000 winners in the awards competition. “My popularity [...]

Tuesday May 11th, 2010 in , , , , , | 2 Comments »