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Destination Decarbonization: Student Contest with Real Prizes
Are you an undergraduate college student and want a shot at several thousand dollars in prize money? Consider entering the 90-day Destination Decarbonization Challenge! Sam Fairbanks at the Water and Energy Technology (WET) Center at Fresno State provided a quick...
T-Omega May Have the Key to California Offshore Wind
Offshore wind could be the biggest untapped renewable resource for California, and one that provides pretty steady power. The problem in tapping it has been that the best spots are in very deep water (3000 feet and more). Sites like that have been far too expensive to...
Welcome Briana!
We are pleased to share that Briana Trejo has joined CleanStart as our new Marketing Associate! Briana is a proven leader who has worked within the clean energy industry domain for 4 years. She brings to the CleanStart executive team great passion for sustainability...
XeroHome Getting Great Traction
In April 2022, we wrote that we believed Rocklin-based XeroHome had a bright future. In the last nine months, XeroHome has been seeing that very future unfold. XeroHome provides a software app that can give individual homeowners insights on how best to save money and...
Ascent OS: One Year Later
We recently caught up with John Meissner, CEO of software company Ascent OS, to chat about how things were going since their spin-out from Infinity Energy. So far, the news is pretty good. They added a half-dozen people, they are spreading out to serve customers in...
CalNEXT: A New Resource for Innovation
Looking for help to crystallize your cleantech idea into a commercial product that finds a ready market? In July, the utilities in the state launched a new initiative called CalNEXT to speed the pursuit of promising emerging technologies. “CalNEXT is a statewide...
ToloPhoto’s Bumpy Startup Journey
Photo from CalSEED website, awardees Cohort 4 In our December 13 Perspectives webcast, Thomas Karagianes, CEO of ToloPhoto, shared the story of his road to building a business. He reinforced the importance of spending time early-on discovering customers and...
Our Fearless Predictions for 2022: Were We Right?
1. Oil prices will fall below $60 per barrel. RESULT: Wrong number, right direction. We did not factor in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Western sanctions. On the other hand, even with all the disruptions, the price of oil as we write this ($75.30/bbl) is...
Net Energy Metering War Taking Another Big Step in December
On November 10, the California Public Utilities Commission issued a much-revised version of its 2021 proposal to slash dramatically the price that homeowners would get for exporting excess solar to the grid. The CPUC has moderated what many considered a very harsh...