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Elon Musk strikes back at former Tesla CEO
June 22, 2009 - by Emma Ritch -
Tesla CEO accuses Martin Eberhard of delays, design errors and miscalculations that caused the electric vehicle startup to spend $140 million to bring the Roadster to market.
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Air Force contracts with Emcore for high-efficiency solar cells
June 22, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
New $5.7 million contract for Albuquerque, N.M.-based company could include an additional $3.4 million award for advanced inverted metamorphic development.
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PowerSat’s space-age idea snags utility, investor attention
June 19, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Everett, Wash.-based startup receives commitments from angels and interest from utilities to build a 10-kilowatt demonstration of its space solar system early next year.
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Planet Metrics releases carbon monitoring software
June 16, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
San Bruno, Calif.-based startup launches beta release of SaaS solution for carbon and energy data that it says can be deployed in about 30 days.
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Former CEO goes after Tesla, Musk
Martin Eberhard wants his second Roadster and his title back as the “founder” of Tesla Motors.
The former founder and CEO of Tesla filed a lawsuit against the electric automaker and current CEO Elon Musk for slander, libel, breach of contract and other complaints. The suit was filed May 26 with the Superior Court of San Mateo County, Calif.
Ze’ev Drori, former head of auto security systems company Clifford Electronics, took over for Eberhard in 2007 and was succeeded by Musk in 2008 (see Eberhard out, Drori in at Tesla)
PG&E harnesses 230 MW solar project from NextLight
June 5, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Northern California utility signs third solar contract this year to produce 592 GW-hours of renewable electricity annually for its customers.
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Holy cow! A pie-powered dairy farm?
Pacific Gas & Electric isn’t going to the dogs; it’s going to the cows. And rather than causing a ruining effect the ol’ saying implies, PG&E says it’s going to have a greening one.
The San Francisco-based utility (NYSE:PCG) launched a cow-powered contract today with renewable energy company California Bioenergy for its first greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reductions from a dairy farm. The investment is intended to yield 75,000 metric tons of verifiable GHG emission reductions.
Kleiner Perkins hatches stealthy software startup Hara
June 1, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Hara Environmental and Energy Management emerges from stealth mode with environmental and energy management solution, announcing Fortune 500 customer and local municipality.
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Tesla recall: Good for the electric car industry?
May 29, 2009 - by Emma Ritch -
Automaker says loose hub could cause drivers to crash in 70 percent of the Roadsters sold to-date, but its swift action is drawing praise.
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