“Utilities are [prepared to give] away about $3 billion a year” as rebates on energy-efficient appliances, Simple Energy CEO and cofounder Yoav Lurie told VentureBeat.
“But,” he added, “less than seven percent [of consumers] follow them up on the offer, because the forms are complicated.”
In other words, it’s an opportunity for disruption.
Lurie’s company is today unveiling its utility-partnering Marketplace for instant appliance rebates. Instead of having to fill out forms, send them in, and wait for weeks, consumers get energy-efficiency rebates from the utility right on the website at the time of purchase.
"Queremos invertir en aquellas regiones estables y predecibles", explicaba la semana pasada Ignacio Sánchez Galán, presidente de Iberdrola, en una conferencia con analistas tras la presentación de los resultados anuales. Galán, y también los analistas, mencionaron en esta tarea las oportunidades de compra que se podían concretar en Estados Unidos. Dicho y hecho.
Used cooking oil is one of the latest biofuel alternatives used by aviation companies to reduce carbon emissions. But even if it is already used in planes, production will remain insufficient to make a difference on a larger scale.
Aviation is one of the fastest-growing transport sectors, with an annual growth rate of 5%. As a result, fuel consumption and carbon emissions also increase, putting the industry under pressure from regulators to find alternative ways to cut its carbon footprint.
The dramatic drop in annual consumption – in 2013, the year to which the new research applies, it was down by more than 9% from its 2006 peak – reflects in part the continuing economic troubles in the eurozone, but also efforts taken by member states and businesses to cut energy use and improve efficiency.
Les scientifiques du Centre Helmholtz pour les matériaux et l'énergie (HZB) de Berlin étudient un catalyseur à base de manganèse permettant la conversion de la lumière en énergie chimique. Ils viennent de franchir une étape importante en définissant avec précision les différents états des électrons dans ce dispositif innovant, permettant ainsi une meilleure compréhension de la photosynthèse artificielle.
Tendril Networks, the Boulder, CO-based company that develops software for the utility industry, announced Tuesday it has received a $7.2 million investment from one of the largest utilities in the world, and that it will use the new money to expand into Europe.
fter James Levine stepped in last summer as CEO at Sapphire Energy, he told Xconomy he would be looking for ways to broaden and diversify Sapphire’s core expertise in algae-based biofuels by developing new businesses in related fields. Now that strategy is beginning to take form.
Après la mise sur le marché japonais à la mi-décembre dernier de la voiture à pile à combustible "Mirai" (signifiant 'futur' en japonais) de Toyota [1], les efforts privés et publics pour encourager ce secteur au Japon se multiplient.
L'entreprise d'approvisionnement de carburant Taiyo Nippon Sanso [2] concevrait actuellement une station de rechargement hydrogène mobile coûtant deux fois moins chère que les modèles existants [3]. Elle a en effet le souhait de diviser le coût actuel de cette station à 100 millions de yens (soit environ 741.000 euros*) aux alentours de 2016 d'un facteur 4 à 5 pour des stations hydrogène fixe et d'un facteur 2 pour les versions mobiles actuelles.
The electricity sector is undergoing an unprecedented transition. Significant penetration of renewable sources, combined with technological innovation on the grid and demand side, has provided the opportunity to decarbonize while reducing dependence on imported fuels.
But the experiences of the EU – an early mover in the transition – and elsewhere raise concerns over the ability to attract future investment. Returns on capital on both renewables and traditional utilities have fallen, and risks for investors have risen due to policy instability. This crisis of “investability” has highlighted lessons for policy-makers, regulators, business and investors in both developed and developing markets.
The energy analytics space is heating up and these are the companies that are generating momentum
The energy analytics space is extremely hot right now, with more than $132M invested through Q3 2014 and OPOWER having a billion dollar IPO. As consumers and businesses look to decrease their energy usage and energy suppliers try to optimize for demand, energy analytics companies play an important role in helping both sides. Powered by CB Insights data, we put together a list of 12 energy analytics companies that are gaining momentum. These companies are all companies that have raised money recently in a Series B funding or earlier.M
