“Double Feature” MeetUp Attracts Big Crowd, Piezoeletric Roadways and Alternate Fuels Discussed
On February 28 CleanStart had its first-ever combo event with an expo of research being conducted at Sac State by faculty of the Colleges of Engineering and Computer Science and of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. By our count there were over 40 posters on display...
Highlands Power Making Waves in Clean Mobility
What is the most delicious electric motor in the world? It could be the “pancake”. Also known as the Axial Flux Motor, it is considered the most efficient and powerful types of electric motor, but also one of the hardest to successfully build. Building an axial flux...
EPIC Symposium Highlights Directions for Future Contract Funding from CEC
On Tuesday Feb. 19, the California Energy Commission held its annual showcase for the technologies and studies it has funded under its Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC). EPIC raises about $160 million in funding each year and the CEC uses it to fund early...
Crowdfunding on WeFunder Pretty Good for Investors and Startups
We have occasionally mentioned crowdfunding as a new option for raising early funding for cleantech startups. One of the more popular sites (WeFunder) has just published its results, and they may surprise many. Over the period 2013-16, 119 companies attempted...
Electric Ride-share Comes to Sacramento
Early in this new year, VW will start delivering the rest of 142 all-electric Golf sedans to 70 locations in the area for a ride-sharing program like ZipCar set up by Southern California-based Envoy and Electrify America. Twenty vehicles were delivered in 2018 in an...
Get Ready For CalSEED
Want some seed to prove out your idea? Well, CalSEED is back with their annual grant program to get ideas of the ground. Grants are a good source of such money because you surrender no ownership and you don’t need to pay the money back. CalSEED is focused on clean...
Corporate direct purchases of renewable energy at new high
Corporate customers purchased a record 6,430 MW of shares of off-site renewable power in the US in2018 as of December 14, more than double the 2,780 MW purchased in 2017. The Business RenewablesCenter recently published this result of its latest market update. These...
Global Clean Energy Investment Stayed Strong in 2018
Total global clean energy investment was $332.1 billion in 2018 according to the latest survey by Bloomberg New Energy Finance just released. That was down 8% from the record $361.7 billion in 2017, with much of the difference attributed to (1) the continued...