SunRun Inc., the nation’s first residential solar electricity provider, announced today it has raised $12 million in a financing. SunRun is the nation’s first residential solar electricity provider. Pioneering “solar as a service,” SunRun offers the only low-cost, zero-hassle way for homeowners to go solar and is also the only company that lets homeowners lock […]
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SunEdison LLC, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, today announced that it has closed $131 million of private equity and $30 million of debt financing with new and existing investors over the last six months. SunEdison provides solar-generated energy at or below current retail utility rates to a broad and diverse client base of […]
BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of utility-scale solar energy projects, has secured $115 million in additional corporate funding from its Series C round of financing. These additional funds will enable the company to accelerate its plans to deliver utility-grade solar power at a time when many utilities are searching for reliable sources of renewable energy. “With […]
Infinia Corp., a Kennewick, Wash.-based developer of solar thermal engine technology, has raised $7 million in additional Series B funding. The company had previously held a $50 million first close. “We believe Infinia’s Solar System product represents the future of solar energy technology,” said Dr. Chen, Chief Technology Officer of Foxconn. “The ability to mass […]
eSolar, Inc. said it has closed $130 million in funding from Idealab, Google.org, Oak Investment Partners, and other investors for the construction and deployment of pre-fabricated power plants. The company’s distributed solar thermal plants is designed to address the complex issues surrounding large or utility-scale power projects. These thermal plants achieve economies of scale at […]
Ausra, Inc. has secured $30 million in venture debt. Ausra has already signed a deal to build a 177-megawatt solar-power plant and supply electricity for Pacific Gas & Electric in California. The company is in discussions for another 1,000 megawatts of production and has another 6,000 megawatts “in the pipeline,” Ausra executive vice president Glen […]
Pythagoras Solar Inc., a solar energy startup developing photovoltaic technology, has completed a $10 million series A financing round. The company is working to combine software models, optic design, semiconductor processes, materials science, and mass manufacturing techniques to build highly durable, cost effective solar energy products. Trying to build commercial electric plant using solar energy.
Solar technology company Infinia Corp said on Monday it has raised $50 million in a second round of financing to fund a product that harvests energy from sunlight to generate clean power. Infinia expects to begin manufacturing and selling its “Solar System” product later this year, the company said in a statement. Infinia, based in […]
Fat Spaniel Technologies closed $18 million in Series B financing. Fat Spaniel is a provider of monitoring and reporting services for renewable energy systems — enabling more efficient diagnostics and maintenance, more compelling visualization, and more usable revenue-grade data for billing, REC trading and performance-based incentives. “Fat Spaniel’s technology allows system owners, PPA players and […]
Ze-gen Inc. has raised $2.5 million in venture debt. Ze-gen is a leading developer and integrator of waste gasification technology which converts construction and demolition waste (C&D) and municipal solid waste (MSW) into near zero-emissions syngas and electrical energy.
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