Cool Planet funding hits $54M
Camarillo-based Cool Planet Energy Systems said on Friday that it had raised $29.9 million of what it expects to be a $100 million funding round for its first grass-to-fuel plant production facility. Cool Planet, which has received funding from Google Ventures and BP in the past, has designed a machine that uses heat and pressure Read More →
Green Coast 2013: How the region is leading the way in energy efficiency
The Business Times published the fifth edition of Green Coast, our annual special report on the business of sustainability in the Tri-Counties, with the April 5, 2013 print edition. This special section took on a theme for its fifth anniversary: Energy efficiency, how our region is leading the way. Along with profiles on innovative energy Read More →
Energy efficiency the name of the game at Eco:nomics
Energy efficiency was the hot topic at Eco:comics, the Wall Street Journal’s annual conference on green business. The three-day conference, held March 20-23, again took place at Bacara Resort & Spa in Goleta this year. A quick informal poll of the audience at the invitation-only conference revealed a strong preference for energy efficiency technology: Out Read More →
Pirelli deal drives Clean Diesel Technologies push into Europe
Ventura-based Clean Diesel Technologies has struck a deal that would bring its catalytic converter coatings to Europe in a big way.
Someone new under the sun: Mainstream hires former UTC exec
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