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Beacon Power building frequency regulation plant

April 19, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Company working with architectural and engineering firm Carter & Burgess to design production version of its prototype. Full Story »

Superconducting fault limiter to be tested in California grid

April 5, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - Company gets a grant from the California Energy Commission to install a prototype system at Southern California Edison.
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Beacon flywheels pass regulatory hurdle in New York

March 23, 2007 - by Dana Childs - New York state regulators and the U.S. DOE sign off on company's flywheel system for regulating power grid frequency. Full Story »

Biofuel financing one-upmanship

March 1, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Pacific Ethanol is to spend its new $325M not in one place, but five. And Khosla's latest greentech investment Segetis. This and more in this week's dealflow. Full Story »

Dust settles on large Imperium and ADM deals

February 22, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Investors scrounged for loose change, finding $214M for Imperium, not $100M. And ADM raised $1.15B in debt, not $1B. Full Story »

New Texas loop to connect renewables to grid

February 16, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Wind power in Texas to get a boost from new planned grid connection. Full Story »

Greentech investors feel the love

February 15, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Our sweeties wondered why we were working late rounding up this week's massive dealflow. See why. Full Story »

Itron meter software in production at Florida Power & Light

February 5, 2007 - by Dana Childs - FPL rolls out Itron's software as a step toward Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) for residential customers. Full Story »

California making it easier to connect renewables to grid

January 26, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Changes in the works could defer the high costs that solar, wind and geothermal companies pay today for "gen ties." Full Story »

Beacon Power flywheels get good spin

January 12, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - California's ISO & Energy Commission give energy storage system a whirl, and like it. Full Story »
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