Comments on: Google.org announces progress, confirms $10M in eSolar http://green.venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/googleorg-announces-progress-confirms-10m-in-esolar/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bryan Withall http://green.venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/googleorg-announces-progress-confirms-10m-in-esolar/comment-page-1/#comment-807271 Bryan Withall Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:13:30 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/googleorg-announces-progress-confirms-10m-in-esolar/#comment-807271 I don't mean to parse words here, but I just read this on Tech Startups 3.0: “We just completed tests at our test site this week and we will be able to produce electricity that is competitive with coal,” said an animated Gross Sunday evening. Endquote. I'd liken that to a claim. Having said that, I truly wish Bill shining success in the eSolar endeavour and I have faith that Google.org and the others that plowed $130 million into it have done their homework. Namely, a comparitive financial analysis of the flat mirror, smaller eSolar model versus that of the traditional large parabolic trough solarthermal model. The basic concept being: "flat is cheap, curved is expensive". I don’t mean to parse words here, but I just read this on Tech Startups 3.0: “We just completed tests at our test site this week and we will be able to produce electricity that is competitive with coal,” said an animated Gross Sunday evening. Endquote. I’d liken that to a claim.

Having said that, I truly wish Bill shining success in the eSolar endeavour and I have faith that Google.org and the others that plowed $130 million into it have done their homework. Namely, a comparitive financial analysis of the flat mirror, smaller eSolar model versus that of the traditional large parabolic trough solarthermal model. The basic concept being: “flat is cheap, curved is expensive”.

]]> By: Google, Oak Investment and Idealab back eSolar to the tune of $130M » VentureBeat http://green.venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/googleorg-announces-progress-confirms-10m-in-esolar/comment-page-1/#comment-805193 Google, Oak Investment and Idealab back eSolar to the tune of $130M » VentureBeat Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:19:16 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/googleorg-announces-progress-confirms-10m-in-esolar/#comment-805193 [...] headed by eSolar’s chairman, Bill Gross. The company is based in Pasadena, Calif., and also took $10 million from Google.org in January. Tags: co:esolar, deal, inv:google.org, inv:Idealab, inv:Oak-Investment-Partners [...] [...] headed by eSolar’s chairman, Bill Gross. The company is based in Pasadena, Calif., and also took $10 million from Google.org in January. Tags: co:esolar, deal, inv:google.org, inv:Idealab, inv:Oak-Investment-Partners [...]

]]> By: Bill Gross http://green.venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/googleorg-announces-progress-confirms-10m-in-esolar/comment-page-1/#comment-744424 Bill Gross Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:51:50 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/googleorg-announces-progress-confirms-10m-in-esolar/#comment-744424 Cynic has a right to be skeptical of me and eSolar. Many people in solar have made unbelievable claims. We are not making any claims until we have a plant up and running, which we will soon. But at that point, you should really consider eSolar seriously. We're working on a very important problem, and I think we have a good contribution to the state-of-the-art. Bill Cynic has a right to be skeptical of me and eSolar. Many people in solar have made unbelievable claims. We are not making any claims until we have a plant up and running, which we will soon. But at that point, you should really consider eSolar seriously. We’re working on a very important problem, and I think we have a good contribution to the state-of-the-art.

Bill

]]> By: Anthony Kuhn http://green.venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/googleorg-announces-progress-confirms-10m-in-esolar/comment-page-1/#comment-741526 Anthony Kuhn Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:18:05 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/googleorg-announces-progress-confirms-10m-in-esolar/#comment-741526 Matt: Thanks for this follow-up on Google.org's efforts to make good on its philanthropic promises. I especially think the solar energy plant is going to be a winner. Nice to see some profit thrown in to the mix for good measure. Anthony Kuhn Matt:

Thanks for this follow-up on Google.org’s efforts to make good on its philanthropic promises. I especially think the solar energy plant is going to be a winner. Nice to see some profit thrown in to the mix for good measure.

Anthony Kuhn

]]> By: cynic http://green.venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/googleorg-announces-progress-confirms-10m-in-esolar/comment-page-1/#comment-740826 cynic Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:52:57 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/googleorg-announces-progress-confirms-10m-in-esolar/#comment-740826 eSolar is worthless crap. How can anyone still buy anything Bill Gross is selling? eSolar is worthless crap. How can anyone still buy anything Bill Gross is selling?

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