Shai Agassi, the ex-SAP exec who left and headed off into the world of electric cars, is back and raising yet more cash. Last time we heard he’d bagged $100m for his venture, now he’s looking to double it. The list of investors includes Israel Corp., Morgan Stanley
For those of you not quite convinced about the merits of switching to compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs, OSRAM has developed a more energy efficient halogen bulb. It reckons they use 30% less energy than normal bulbs. Good news, although, as its release highlights, CFLs use 80% less… Halogen light
Sign up for your free place at Kyocera’s green business seminar. Greenbang is going along to the Green Card Seminar to listen to British Airways and BT talk about some of the problems they are trying to solve. The seminar in Reading will look at how transport, local authorities,
A survey suggests that we bacon-and-egg loving Brits are tired of hearing news about green issues. So why not let’s just stick our heads in the sand for a bit longer, read the Daily Mail and watch the Vicar of Dibley? That’d be nice, wouldn’t it. This
An interesting article on AlterNet implies eco-friendly schools in the US can help students achieve better results. They say it all comes down to things like increasing people’s exposure to natural daylight and fresh air. That makes sense – buildings with more natural lighting do feel better than those with
CHINA WATCH Chongming Island of Shanghai, located in at the mouth of the Yangtze River, is the third largest island in China and also the world’s largest alluvial island. According to MITenergyChina: “In the last 50 years, Chongming island has become the world’s largest alluvial island, doubling in
A123 Systems is definitely a firm to watch. It makes lithium batteries for hybrid cars. Last week it received $30m in VC funding. A123Systems will use these funds to increase production capacity for new contract awards for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and extended range electric vehicle design wins with
With winter approaching and daylight hours getting shorter, the Carbon Trust is launching a new energy-saving lighting guide, in a bid to help organisations cut energy use and cut carbon dioxide emissions. Lighting accounts for 40 per cent of businesses’ total electricity bills, they say, and as clocks go back,
If this is true, it represents and important break through in the fuel cell market – fuel cells run on biofuel. The CleanTech blog picked up on this: Earlier this month, here in Ohio, the fuel cell developer Technology Management Inc. issued a press release that it had succesfully operated its
Greenbang is laughing his head off at this one. Yeah, this’ll help save the world – – – selling imported Christmas paper made from Thai elephant dung to punters for £7.50. How do they come up with ideas like this? You’d have thought an organisation like the Natural History Museum
Cars aren’t that green yet. There is little recycled material used to make them, and there are still problems around weight vs engine efficiency. But Honda revealed a little info on its next batch of motors. The FCX hydrogen fuel cell car and a lightweight, hybrid sportscar will both
A UN report says humanity is in serious danger of killing itself if it continues to use the planet’s resources in the same way at the same rate it does now. The Times has this, but it’s not for the weak-hearted. Actually it’s pretty grim: The speed
