2009 and EARLIER NEWS
October 2009
Nth Power and Fraunhofer Center
Press Release
August 2009
BusinessWeek
“Fifty Tech Startups You Should Know”
February 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
“Many of nation’s green leaders from Bay Area”
David R. Baker, Peter Fimrite, Jane Kay, Jim Doyle, Kelly Zito, and Deborah Gage
January 2009
earth2tech
“FAQ: Smart Grid”
Katie Fehrenbacher
January 2009
OregonLive.com
“A Critical Tool in Building Our Future”
E. Walter Van Valkenburg and Nancy Floyd,
(Guest opinion)
December 2008
San Francisco Business Times
“Veteran Cleantech Investor and Founder of Nth Power Builds on Experience”
Lindsay Riddell
October 2008
San Francisco Business Times
“Top 10 Takeaways from the VC Panel at Seattle’s Renewable Energy Finance Forum”
Gregory T. Huang
September 2008
The BusinessMakers Radio Show
(Live audio interview)
“Episode 173: Flashback - Nancy Floyd, Nth Power LLC”
Russ Caper
September 2008
RenewableEnergyStocks.com
“Coming Soon: Ten Green Companies the Size of Exxon Mobile” - (press release)
Live Audio Interview with Nancy Floyd
Michael Brush
September 2008
Ann Arbor Business Review
“State Government Investing in Clean Energy Companies, Venture Efforts”
Nathan Bomey
September 2008
WWJ: Great Lakes IT Report
“Seed, Venture Fund Group Meets in Detroit”
August 2008
The New York Times
“Bits: Clean-Tech Venture Capitalist Speaks to the Democrats”
Claire Cain Miller
August 2008
The Oregonian
“Portlander owns Democratic Convention Spotlight, for 4 Minutes”
Harry Esteve
August 2008
The Washington Post
“Energy Policy, Convention Style”
Steve Mufson
August 2008
The Oregonian
“Obama Gives Portland Energy Investor a ConventionSpeech Spot”
Harry Esteve
August 2008
Portland Business Journal
“Floyd Set to Speak at Democratic Convention”
Aliza Earnshaw
July 2008
Crain’s Detroit Business
“Jobs Fund Grant Helps Fuel Alternative-energy Technology Development”
Amy Lane
March 2008
Politico
“Solar Energy Advocates Ask Congress for Breaks”
Erika Lovley
March 2008
WIREC 2008 Conference Highlights
“Video of Nancy Floyd on Renewable Energy at WIREC2008”
“Nancy Floyd at WIREC2008 (pic)”
“WIREC 2008 Highlights”
March 2008
Press Release
March 2008
CNET News.com
“Policy Standstill Could Stall U.S. Clean Tech”
Martin LaMonica
February 2008
The Wall Street Journal
Rebecca Buckman
February 2008
The New York Times
“A Green Energy Industry Takes Root in California”
Matt Richtel and John Markoff
November 2007
Fortune Small Business
“Green Energy Makes Money”
Malika Worrall
November 2007
The Deal
“Dealwatch: Cleantech”
October 2007
earth2tech
“The Top 10 Women in Cleantech”
Adena DeMonte
August 2007
Imperium’s Grand Opening
May 2007
The New York Times
“Efficiency, Not Just Alternatives, Is Promoted as an Energy Saver”
Matthew L. Wald
February 2007
Ernst & Young
“Nth Power Named Top Five Energy Tech Investor by E&Y”
October 2006
Seattle P-I
“Clean Tech Revs Up Investors”
John Cook
September 2006
Venture Capital Journal
Alastair Goldfisher
June 2006
Bloomberg
“VCs Bet on Solar, Biofuel Money - Losers in Green Energy Frenzy”
Edward Robinson
June 2006
Business Week
“Green Growth Areas for Entrepreneurs”
Jeffrey Gangemi
June 2006
The Mercury News
“Katrina’s Lesson: We Need an ‘Intelligrid’”
Matt Marshall & Michael Bazeley
June 2006
Oregon Business
Oakley Brooks
April 2006
Nth Power Press Release
“Nth Power Sponsors the California Clean Tech Open”
March 2006
Inc.com
“Venture Capitalist Flock to Green Technology”
Ryan J. McCarthy
March 2006
SocialFunds.com
“Cost of Clean Energy Decreases to Compete with Its Dirtier Counterparts, According to Report”
Bill Baue
March 2006
Red Herring
“Clean Energy Boom Forecast”
March 2006
Clean Edge
“Clean Energy Trends 2006″
“Nth Power announces Energy VC Investments for 2005″
Joel Makower, Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder
February 2006
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
“Energy Angels to Fuel Industry”
Deirdre Gregg
February 2006
SmartMoney.com
“The Switchgrass Is Always Greener”
Lisa Scherzer
December 2005
The Economist
“Sunrise For Renewable Energy?”
August 2005
Red Herring
June 2005
The New York Times
“Green Tinge Is Attracting Seed Money to Ventures”
Gary Rivlin
June 2005
Red Herring
June 2005
World of Possibilities
“The New Economy of the West: Harnessing the Renewable Frontier “
- Audio (Requires Audio Player)
Host: Mark Sommer
April 2005
UtiliPoint International Issue Alert
“Energy Tech Companies Attracting Venture Captial”
Ken Silverstein
March 2005
Energy-Tech Venture Capital
“The Next Disruptive Technology”
Rodrigo Prudencio
March 2005
Red Herring
March 2005
Forbes
Rob Wherry
March 2005
Clean Edge
“Clean Energy Trends 2005″ “Nth Power Data on Energy VC Shows $520 Million Invested in 2004″
Joel Makower, Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder
March 2005
California Clean Energy Fund
“Nth Power Chosen to Manage Part of New CalCEF Fund”
March 2005
Nth Power Press Release
“New CalCEF $30 Million Fund Poised to Fuel California’s Clean Energy Industry”
January 2005
Investor’s Business Daily
“China’s Ever-Growing Oil Needs may Result in A Global Shortage”
Doug Tsuruoka
July 2004
UtiliPoint International Issue Alert
“China Takes Lessons From California”
Ken Silverstein
June 2004
Living On Earth
“Our Solar Future” - Transcript“Our Solar Future” -
Audio (Requires Audio Player)
Ingrid Lobet
June 2004
Forbes
“Smarter Juice” - html
“Power Line Diagram” - html
Rob Wherry
April 2004
San Francisco Business Times
“Growth of Clean Technology has VCs Turning Green”
Lizette Wilson
April 2004
New Mexico Business Weekly
“Private Investment Increasingly Important to Energy Industry”
Clay Holtzman
March 2004
UtiliPoint International Issue Alert
“New Economy Focuses on Energy Ideas”
Ken Silverstein
March 2004
Nth Power Press Release
February 2004
Investor’s Business Daily
“Venture Firm Studies Future of Energy”
Doug Tsuruoka
February 2004
The Progressive Investor
“Venture Capitals’ View of Micro-Fuel Cells”
February 2004
San Francisco Chronicle
“Solar Energy’s Cloudy Past Advocates Say 50-Year-Old Industry is Finally in a Position to Heat Up”
Tom Abate
December 2003
UtiliPoint International Issue Alert
“Venture Capitalists are Warming to Fuel Cells”
Ken Silverstein
2003
Nth Press Release
“Additional Nth Power 2003 Energy Venture Capital Study Charts”
November 2003
Venture Capital Journal
“Mainstream VC’s are Betting Big on Clean Energy Deals”
Peter Hening
October 2003
UtiliPoint International Issue Alert
“Investment Opportunities in Energy: Energy Venture Fair IV Begins in Philadelphia”
Jon T. Brock
July 2003
UtiliPoint Issue Alert
“Energy Venture Capitalist Continue to Show Interest in Metering Technologies”
Christopher Perdue
February 2003
New York Times
“Can Energy Ventures Pick Up Where Tech Left Off”
Amy Cortese
March 2002
Nth Press Release
January 2002
SCIENTECH PowerHitters
“Nancy C. Floyd, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power”
Susan Kellogg
September 2001
Red Herring
“Glowing Optimism”
Lawrence Aragon
September 2001
Red Herring
“Fuel Cells”
Bridget Eklund
May 2001
Inc. Magazine
“Opportunity Knocks”
John Case
April 2001
Nth Press Release
“Nth Power reports energy industry VC investment rose 165% in 2000, exceeding $1 Billion”
March 2001
Red Herring
“Alternative Energy Gathers Steam”
Stephen Lacey
January 2001
Red Herring
“Deregulation Leaves California Powerless”
Ronald Recinto
July 2000
ElectronicNet
“Nth Power Brings V.C. to Energy”
Steve Hoffman
July 2000
Red Herring
Tom Stein
July 2000
Red Herring
Karie Atkinson
July 2000
Red Herring
Peter Schwartz
February 2000
Red Herring
“Funding from the Nth Power”
Ken Yamada
January 2000
Business Week
“Utilities”
Otis Port
January 2000
Investment Dealers Digest
“VC Industry Goes Hunting for Gold in Utilities Mart”
Christopher O’Leary
December 1999
Investors Business Daily
“Powerful Internet Ability: Custom-Made Electricity”
Doug Tsuruoka
May 1997
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Marshall
December 2009
Cleantech Group
“Accelergy Secures License to Exxon’s Coal Liquefaction Tech”
Lisa Sibley
December 2009
Earth Times
“U.S. Military Mandate for Diesel and Jet Fuel From Renewable Feedstocks Underscores Accelergy and EERC Partnership”
Press Release
December 2009
Google.org Blog
“Innovation and the Transformation of the Global Energy System”
November 2009
AnnArbor.com
“Capital, Culture Challenge Michigan’s Renewable Energy Development”
Dan Meister
November 2009
AnnArbor.com
“Capital, Culture Challenge Michigan’s Renewable Energy Development”
Dan Meister
November 2009
earth2tech
“News Corp Going Carbon Neutral With Hara”
Katie Fehrenbacher
November 2009
Hara
Press Release
“New Corporation Selects Hara for On-Demand Environmental and Energy Management”
November 2009
Business Wire
“Increases in Allconnect Revenue, Earnings, and Customers Accelerate Again in Third Quarter”
Press Release
October 2009
PV-tech
“Commercial Rooftop CPV? Soliant Energy Sees Millions of Square Meters of Opportunity”
Tom Cheyney
October 2009
Data Center Knowledge
Video: SynapSense Monitoring at LBNL
Rich Miller
September 2009
Greentech Media
“Expect a Lot of Acquisitions in Lighting”
Michael Kanellos
September 2009
earth2tech
“Kleiner’s Carbon Software Play Hara Raises $14M”
Josie Garthwaite
September 2009
Business Wire
“Hara Raises Series B Funding to Meet Accelerating Global Market Opportunity”
Press Release
September 2009
earth2tech
“Startups Go Wireless for Data Center Energy Mangement”
Pedro Hernandez
August 2009
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
“Harnessing the Sun’s Energy”
Kevin Smity
July 2009
Forbes
“SynapSense Bolsters Data Center PowerImaging Solution With Branch Circuit Monitoring”
Press Release
June 2009
Earth Times
“Allconnect Announces Strong First Quarter Increases in Revenue, Earnings and Customers”
Press Release
May 2009
The New York Times
“Efficient Power Use Attracts Investors From the Green Side “
Claire Cain Miller
April 2009
Silicon Valley Business Journal
“Road to Recovery: Imara Eyes Up to $100M to Charge Up Plans”
Lisa Sibley
March 2009
NanoGram Corporation
Press Release
“NanoGram Corporation and Teijin Limited Enter Printed Silicon TDA”
March 2009
VentureBeat
“SynapSense Gets $7M to Make Data Center More Energy Efficient”
Matt Marshall
February 2009
Greentech Media
“The Latent Problem Behind Ethanol’s Woes”
Michael Kanellos
February 2009
Greentech Media
“A Battery WithPultiple Personalities”
Michael Kanellos
February 2009
Data Center Knowledge
Rich Miller
Janurary 2009
Greentech Media
“Draft Stimulus Plan has Billions for Smart Grid”
Jeff St. John
January 2009
Rive Technology
Press Release
“Rive Technology Opens Extensive R&D Facility in New Jersey’s Einstein’s Alley”
December 2008
Michigan.gov
“Granholm Visits Growing High-Tech company Microposite in Auburn Hills”
Michigan Economic Development Corp Press Release
December 2008
Greentech Media
“Splitting the Thin-Film Difference”
Jeff St. John
September 2008
Tioga Energy
Press Release
“Phoenix Suns Go Solar”
August 2008
SpectraSensors
Press Release
August 2008
SmartSynch
Press Release
“Itron and SmartSynch Partner to Deliver AMI Communications”
August 2008
VentureWire
“Rive Raises $14M For Its Catalysts For Efficient Oil Refining”
Jonathan Shieber
August 2008
BPL Global
Press Release
“BPL Global Receives $23 Million in Funding”
July 2008
IT Knowledge Exchange
“Yahoo Turns to Wireless Data Center Monitors, Cold-aisle Containment to Lower PUE”
Matt Stansberry
July 2008
Greentech Media
“A Glass for Boosting PV and Solar Thermal Efficiency”
Michael Kanellos
July 2008
Pentadyne
Press Release
“Pentadyne is #1 in Worldwide Sales of Flywheel Energy Storage Systems”
July 2008
Urban Water Management
“Interactive Tool Targets City Stormwater Challenges”
Lisa Epstein
July 2008
C-Net News
“Improving Solar Efficiency by Coating Cells”
Hanna Sistek
June 2008
ARXX
Press Release
“American Polysteel Joins ARXX, Boosting Its Insulated Concrete Form Offerings to Commercial and Residential Green Builders”
June 2008
NanoGram Corporation
Press Release
March 2008
NPR
“Credit Crunch Snares Biofuel Industry”
Martin Kaste
February 2008
Wall Street Journal
“Virgin Puts Biofuels on Maiden Voyage”
Scott McCartney
February 2008
Imperium Renewables
Press Release
“Virgin Atlantic Becomes World’s First Airline to Fly a Plane on Biofuel”
February 2008
Ann Arbor Business Review: mlive.com
“Michigan Firm Shows New Type of Home Siding”
Paula Gardner
February 2008
ARXX
Press Release
September 2007
Synapsense
Press Release
May 2007
Seattlepi.com
“Ex-Expedia CEO’s Latest Startup Sells Carbon Offsets to Consumers”
John Cook
April 2007
Red Herring
“Superprotonic Charges Up $16.2M”
Adena DeMonte
March 2007
Business Wire
“Earthanol, Inc. Announces Series A Financing”
February 2007
Comverge, Inc.
Press Release
“Comverge Announces 63 MW Virtual Peaking Capacity with Public Service Company of New Mexico”
December 2006
SynapSense Corporation
Press Release
“SynapSense Introduces Solutions Based On World’s Next-Generation Wireless Sensor Net Architecture”
June 2006
Pentadyne
Red Herring
February 2006
Pentadyne
Press Release
January 2006
Seattle Post-Intellingencer
“Seattle Biodiesel Set to Expand”
John Cook
October 2005
Pentadyne
Press Release
March 2005
Pentadyne
Press Release
“Pentadyne Power Completes $10 Million Follow-On Close of Series C”
February 2005
H2Gen
The Washington Post
“Chemistry Seems Right for Alexandria Firm”
Andrea Caumont
January 2005
Pentadyne
Press Release
January 2005
Emerson Climate Technologies
Press Release
“Emerson Climate Technologies Announces Strategic Partnership with Comverge, Inc.”
January 2005
Evergreen Solar, Inc.
Press Release
November 2004
H2Gent
Press Release
“H2Gen Announces Marketing Relationship in Japan”
November 2004
H2Gent
Press Release
“H2Gen Announces $9.6 Million Financing”
July 2004
AllConnect
UtiliPoint International
Christopher Perdue
June 2004
Comverge
Press Release
“Comverge Announces Fourth ‘Virtual Peaking Capacity™’ Program”
June 2004
SmartSynch
Itron, Inc.
“SmartSynch Equips Xcel with 6,000 SmartMeters”
August 2003
AllConnect
Charlotte.com
“Duke Can Set Up More Than Just Your Power”
Gail Smith-Arrants
June 2003
Comverge
deseretnews.com
“Cooling Power: Conserving Electricity During Usage Peaks”
Dave Anderton