Category Archives: Start-ups
Bill Gates: It’s ‘Crazy’ How Little Is Invested in Clean-Tech – Digits – WSJ
Bill Gates: It’s ‘Crazy’ How Little Is Invested in Clean-Tech – Digits – WSJ. Hundreds of start-ups are presenting advanced energy technologies at a Department of Energy conference this week. Their early-stage efforts are funded by a government grant program, called ARPA-e, but what happens next is a difficult question. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivers [...]
Read MoreU.S. Ends Clean Energy Grant Program
By Andrew Herndon (Updates with letter to Congress seeking extension in 13th paragraph.) Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — U.S. financing for renewable energy will drop next year after the expiration of a grant program that backed at least $32.9 billion in projects, one of President Barack Obama’s most ambitious efforts to support the industry. The program, [...]
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