I work down on Wall Street where the lingering effects of Superstorm Sandy are the dozens of vacant buildings still being rehabbed from flooding. Those blackened windows don’t just mean displaced workers, they mean lost jobs and businesses.
Archive for the ‘Solar power’ Category
Google is a climate change leader, unlike any other
Posted in Carbon, Climate, Economy, Electricity, Energy policy, Environment, Green innovation, Investment, Solar power, Wind energy, tagged GOOG on February 11, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
BrightSource failed IPO, signals drop in solar market
Posted in Electricity, Solar power, tagged Alstom, BrightSource, Google, Morgan Stanley on April 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Watching President Obama sign the Jumpstart our Business Start-ups Act into law last week brought to mind a company I have followed since they filed a prospectus with the SEC to go public last year. The night before its shares were to begin trading on the NASDAQ, a week after the president signed the law, BrightSource Energy cancelled the offering due to “adverse market conditions.”
Bright Source $250M IPO may face same difficulties as First Wind’s attempt
Posted in Electricity, Green innovation, Investment, Solar power on April 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Concentrated solar power plant with tower
The champagne just keeps flowing at BrightSource Energy, along with cash to fund the construction of its massive thermal solar plant in the Mojave Desert.
U.S. invented solar panels, but China owns the industry
Posted in Solar power, tagged Exxon, NY Jets, Yingli Solar on October 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Installation of first solar panel, on rural Georgia phone pole, Oct. 4, 1955. Courtesy of Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
There was an ad tonight during the New York Jets’ football game against the Denver Broncos from Jets’ sponsor Yingli Solar.
Solar power to clean up brownfields?
Posted in Solar power, Uncategorized, tagged PSEG, Solar power, Superfund on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
photo: Sites of NJ/flickr
I know I’m in New Jersey when I speed across the George Washington Bridge, merge onto the far right lane of I-95, and an 18-wheeler rides up my bumper honking and flashing their brights for me to GET OUT OF THE WAY.
Solar power surge in New Jersey, can it be a jobs engine?
Posted in Energy policy, Green jobs, Solar power, tagged 1BOG, Solar power, Sunrun, Tioga Energy on August 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Solar parking lot, courtesy Atlantic City National Guard
My article today about a California solar gold rush to New Jersey had 118 tweets within an hour of posting at 6 a.m.
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Creative finance makes solar possible
Posted in Energy policy, Nuclear power, Solar power, tagged Chivukula, Monterrey, Solar power on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sunset, Monterrey Bay
On a recent visit to northern California, a man told me about going to a Lexus dealer looking for a hybrid.
Large solar projects cover rooftops
Posted in Energy policy, Solar power, tagged Fed Ex, section 1603, Solar power, SREC's on May 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Solar panel installation in Branchburg, NJ
What started this year as a trickle has become a torrent of press releases from New Jersey businesses unveiling large solar installations.
