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Solar Power Craze on Wall St. Propels Start-Up
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By Diane Cardwell and Julie Creswell. The first inklings of the idea came to Elon Musk and a cousin in an R.V. heading to the Burning Man festival in 2004. Lyndon Rive, a founder of SolarCity, said…
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Impact investing – Turning a profit for ‘humankind’
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BY preetamkaushik. Regular business investments are measured on the success barometer by their ability to deliver a financial return. Investing in the social sector, referred to as impact investing, presents an additional challenge—they must deliver a social…
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VC in 2014: DBL Partners’ Nancy Pfund On How Public Clean-Tech Companies Are Helping Startups
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Interview by Yuliya Chernova. As 2013 winds down, we asked several venture capital investors to reflect on the past year and give us their outlook for 2014. Next in our series is Nancy Pfund, managing partner, DBL…
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Nancy Pfund of DBL Partners Talks About the Double Bottom Line
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Joan Bryna Michelson talks with Nancy Pfund, the Managing Partner at DBL Partners, a venture capital firm focused on the double bottom line. Listen to the interview here.
SolarCity continues to grow after IPO, 10 New Operations Centers
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 25, 2013—SolarCity® (Nasdaq: SCTY), a leading provider of clean energy, announced the opening of ten new operations centers in California. All are expected to be operational by the end of 2013,…
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BrightSource Energy, Inc. Names David Ramm as New CEO
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OAKLAND, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading provider of concentrating solar thermal technology (CSP), announced today that its Board of Directors has named David Ramm to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Ramm previously…
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Solexant rebrands as Siva Power, transitions to new manufacturing platform
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Former solar startup Solexant has announced a rebranding of its corporate identity to Siva Power in a move that will include the formation of a world-class technical advisory board, a focus on CIGS technology and…
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With Fresh $5 Million, RallyPoint Marches To Build LinkedIn For Vets
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Yinon Weiss joined the U.S. military before 9/11. After 10 years in the marines and U.S. Special Forces, he went to Harvard Business School. And a few years after that, he cofounded, RallyPoint – what he refers to as…
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Ivanpah Solar Project Stars in New Video from The Fray
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While the 377-megawatt Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System is a star among the solar community, the project recently got to be a star in another way. The Denver-based rock band, The Fray, used the monolithic…
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Military ‘LinkedIn’ Raises $5 Million in Funding
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One week before Veteran’s Day, military “LinkedIn” platform RallyPoint announced it just closed a $5 million Series A round led by Silicon Valley’s DBL Partners, which has invested in Pandora and Tesla. RallyPoint co-founders Yinon…
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Solar Power on the Rise in Golden State
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NIPTON, Calif.—Once we passed Whiskey Pete’s, a tawdry castle-turned-casino/hotel where rooms go for $36 a night, I got my first glimpse of Ivanpah, the world’s largest solar project, which cost $2.6 billion to build. The…
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SolarCity to Buy Zep Solar for $158 Million to Cut Install Costs
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SolarCity Corp. (SCTY:US), the rooftop-solar power provider that’s quadrupled in value since its December initial public offering, agreed to buy closely held Zep Solar Inc. for about $158 million in stock to ensure supplies of…
