Recent Press Releases and News Coverage
Recent Press Releases
… Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players in the Global Silicon Valley.…
…Being recognized as a finalist in the area of innovation highlights Cool Earth Solar’s role in advancing the adoption of renewable energy throughout North America.…
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All press releases, including announcements of the founding of Cool Earth and Cool Earth's participation in the 2007 Renewable RFO.
Photovoltaic solar appears to be the perfect technology for generating massive amounts of
clean, renewable energy. So why aren't PV-based power plants popping up wherever the sun shines?
"We didn't want to provide an energy solution that could not
meet the tremendous growth needed for clean energy."…
"We see that cost is the primary driver in the large-scale adoption of renewable generation…"
The company didn’t start out to develop a solar balloon concentrator, only to experiment with the lowest cost ways to effectively capture protons and make electricity.…
All news coverage, including articles appearing in Fortune, Discover Magazine, PC Magazine, Business Week, c|net, Venture Beat, and The Mercury News.
All multimedia news coverage, including podcasts and videos from Forbes and Free Energy Now.
Cool Earth’s balloons are rather larger than tradi-
tional party balloons, having a diameter of about
2½ metres (eight feet), but otherwise they look quite similar.…When all the sums are done, Mr Lamkin reckons his company will be able to sell electricity to California’s grid for 11 cents a kilowatt-hour.…
Solar is poised to become the major player in solving the energy crisis, once the solar industry brings down the costs for utility-scale power production. The stakes for solar—indeed, for all renewables that are competing in the utility-scale arena—are huge, as are the goals.…
Solar energy is the most promising source of clean, renewable energy. It is also one of the most mis-
understood.…
…By replacing expensive materials like steel with cheap-as-chips plastic and air, Cool Earth aims to dramatically lower the price of solar electricity.…
…Insert a round plate covered with solar cells into
the balloon and you may have the next idea in renewable power.…
Solar startup Cool Earth Solar is building a small prototype solar plant near its Livermore head-
quarters.…