Kleiner to sell off its early EEStor shares to Zenn Motors
Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins is getting rid of a small, early investment from back in 2005 in a highly controversial energy storage startup called EEStor.
EEStor says it’s still alive and progressing
Energy storage company EEStor put out a press release on Tuesday saying it’s still alive and making progress on its technology.
Snake oil energy salesmen & green bamboozlers
Why are there so many snake oil salesmen and scam artists in the energy space?
The danger of politicians linking with high risk startups
Politicians, in office and retired, need to do their homework and pay special attention to connecting with tech and greentech startups. The majority of these companies won’t succeed.
Ultracapacitor Startup Ioxus Raises Funds From NRG, GE
Was Tesla Motor’s CEO Elon Musk on the right track when he said he’d bet on capacitors over batteries for the future of electric cars? A group of high-profile investors seem to think so and have backed ultracapacitor startup Ioxus with $21 million.
Tesla CEO: I’d Bet On Capacitors Over Batteries
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco on Wednesday, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk says he bets that it could be capacitors — rather than batteries — that will deliver an important breakthrough for electric transportation, an interesting comment from a CEO whose products are based on lithium-ion batteries
Zenn CEO & EEStor Champion Steps Down
With no word in sight from Zenn Motor’s endlessly-controversial partner on which it bet the farm — EEStor — the CEO of Zenn Motors, Ian Clifford, has officially stepped down this week. Clifford will shift into the role of Vice Chair of the Board of Directors.
Latest on Zenn: Losing Money, Distancing from EEStor?
While Zenn Motor came to the end of its life as an electric car maker four months ago, there’s still no word on progress from Zenn’s controversial partner — on which it bet the farm — EEStor. In fact Zenn seems to be distancing itself.
EnerG2 Kicks Off Fed-Backed Factory: First Ultracaps, Then the World
EnerG2, a company working on synthetic carbon materials for energy storage devices, hit pay dirt last summer with the award of a stimulus grant under a DOE program. Today, in Albany, Ore., the startup at last kicked off construction of the factory made possible by that grant.
The Reality of Cutting U.S. Carbon Emissions: Natural Gas
Despite all of the innovations and investments in solar, wind, and the smart grid, the reality of cutting carbon emissions out of the U.S. energy portfolio will rely on natural gas, which will make up 40 percent of the U.S. energy market according to a report today.