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Vinod Khosla and Ausra (Solar Thermal)
(2008) In 2006, Vinod Khosla, a veteran venture capitalist best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, discovered an obscure Australian company, Ausra, pursuing solar thermal. He persuaded the management of Ausra to move to Silicon Valley and helped it raise money. Ausra recently signed a deal with PG&E, the big California utility company - Read More
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Topics : Solar Energy
Vinod Khosla Places Wind, Solar Photovoltaics in "toy" category
Vinod Khosla places wind and solar photovoltaics in the "toy" category because, without storage, they will remain a small fraction of electricity production, only 5 percent to 15 percent. - Read More
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Topics : Wind Energy Solar Energy
Need a tech that causes 80% reduction in CO2
"We will ship a billion cars on this planet in the next 15 years or so. Unless a low-carbon technology gets into 80 percent of those 1 billion cars and over time causes an 80 percent reduction of carbon per mile driven, it's not going to be a solution. Everything else is just a toy," - Vinod Khosla, Sep 2008 - Read More
Topics : Pollutions