CubicPV Blames Collapsing Prices To Abandon 10GW Solar Wafer Plant In US Updated On Fri, Feb 9th, 2024 by Saurenergy US solar cell and module manufacturer CubicPV has abandoned its plans for a 10GW solar wafer manufacturing facility in the US and is “restructuring” its business to focus on its tandem technology module development. Plans for the 10 GW facility to manufacture wafers using CubivPVs core silicon and perovskite technologies to provide semiconductor combination for […] Read more
Airloom Promises To Slash Wind Power Costs, Attracts Investment From Bill Gates Updated On Thu, Jan 4th, 2024 by Saurenergy Bill Gates has backed Airloom Energy, a Wyoming-based wind energy startup, which claims to have created a technology which claims to slash wind turbine costs by nearly 70%. Founded by Robert Lumley, Airloom is led by Neal Rickner, who has also spent time (nearly a decade) at Google and Google[x] leading teams, most notably serving […] Read more
Terabase Energy Raises Fund From Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures Updated On Fri, Aug 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy Terabase Energy, a US-based start-up, has raised USD $44 million in a Series B investment round led by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures and venture capital company Prelude Ventures, among others, to accelerate the commercialization of its automated solar park building technology. The increase brings the company’s total funding to US$52 million, up from US$6 […] Read more
Bill Gates, Chris Sacca Invest in tech for Net Zero Emissions in Heavy Industries Updated On Mon, Mar 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Chris Sacca, an early investor in Uber, Twitter, and Instagram, are investing in the US-based start-up Antora Energy to help mitigate climate change. Although Antora Energy is in the early stages of alleviating greenhouse gas emissions from heavy industries, its technology looks promising. Bill Gates is investing in Antora Energy through investing […] Read more
KoBold Raises Over $190 M to Source Metals for EV Batteries Updated On Fri, Feb 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy Silicon Valley-based KoBold Metals has raised more than $190 million in its latest Series B funding round that is expected to give speed to the firm’s efforts to find new deposits of critical metals that are required for EV batteries and clean energy. KoBold Metals is a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including […] Read more
Quantumscape CEO Jagdeep Singh Aims For A $2.3 Billion Payoff Updated On Mon, Jan 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy In a deal seen as mirroring a similar deal for Tesla founder Elon Musk a couple of years back, Shareholders of QuantumScape Corp., the solid-state battery startup that went public through a blank-check deal last year, recently approved an approximately $2.3 billion (Rs 17,486 crore) pay package for its Chief Executive Officer Jagdeep Singh. The […] Read more
Reliance Joins Bill Gates, Paulson To Pump $144 M Into Energy Storage Firm Ambri Inc Updated On Tue, Aug 10th, 2021 by Saurenergy Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL), Bill Gates, Japan Energy Fund and a few other strategic partners are investing $144 million into US energy company Ambri Inc to help it commercialize and grow its daily cycling, long-duration system technology, and build a domestic manufacturing facility. “This financing supports the commercial growth of our company and technology,” said Dan […] Read more
Quantumscape Races To Deliver Its Breakthrough Solid State Battery For EV’s Updated On Tue, Aug 3rd, 2021 by Saurenergy QuantumScape founder and CEO Jagdeep Singh continues to be optimistic about his firms progress, even as the firm’s stock price has been beaten down this year. the firm, which listed after merging with a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company). The firm’s biggest shareholder is Volkswagen AG with a 26% stake. Singh highlighted a key milestone […] Read more
Bill Gates and other Top Elites commits $1 billion fund to fight climate change through energy innovation Updated On Mon, Dec 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy When President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his doubts about climate change, Bill Gates, Jack Ma, Jeff Bezos, Vinod Khosla, John Doerr and 15 other high-profile tech heavyweights have together come forward to form a new venture firm, Breakthrough Energy Ventures and announced a $1 billion fund dedicated clean energy innovation. Though the official announcement […] Read more
