U.S. Energy Secretary Chu has announced the Department of Energy’s (DOE) $102 million loan guarantee to Record Hill Wind, LLC has been approved. The loan, to be given in combination with an investment by the…

The U.S. Department of Energy Secretary has announced a conditional loan guarantee of $150 million to 1366 Technologies, Inc., that is in development of a multicrystalline wafer manufacturing project. This patented process called, Direct Wafer, could potentially slash manufacturing costs of silicon wafers by 50 percent — significantly reducing the price…

OnGreen, an online social forum linking green entrepreneurs with investors, has received a $1.4M Series A round by China Southern Hong Kong Investment Ltd. Acting as an intermediary of sorts, OnGreen.com helps people with good ideas find the funding and resources they need to make their vision a reality. In a September survey, more than 50 percent of start-ups who completed their online business profile said they were connected with angel or VC investors with the help of OnGreen.com. CEO Nikhil Jain proudly calls the company the “LinkedIn” of…

MASH, or Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing, is a program using $108 million from the California Solar Initiative to help provide solar panels to lower income families. MASH has recently finished its first solar installation on Hacienda Townhomes, an inexpensive housing complex owned by the San Diego Community Housing Corporation. Several tenants living there only bring in…

In addition to its 3.6-megawatt (MW) ground-mounted solar array, Denver International Airport (DIA) will be implementing another 4.4 megawatts of renewable energy this fall. With a grand total of 8 megawatts, the installation will place DIA as the largest photovoltaic energy producer in all of Colorado. Constellation Energy will finance, own and operate the solar installation and DIA will purchase the electricity produced by the system from Constellation over a 20-year period. “Denver’s airport has a widespread reputation…