Cool Earth Solar

Recent Press Releases and News Coverage

Recent Press Releases

November 29, 2010

…The company has signed a 25,724 square foot multi-year lease in the Arroyo Business Center at 4569 Las Positas Road in Livermore, providing an additional 13,000 square feet of space to the existing office.…The new office will be used primarily for production of Cool Earth Solar's concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology and for prototyping, manufacturing and additional employee workspace.…

 

September 30, 2010

…Cool Earth Solar is a finalist in the Sustainable Technology Innovation of the Year category, which recognizes eco-friendly, first-mover technologies that produce, capture or save energy.…Winners of the 2010 Global Energy Awards will be announced at a black-tie dinner at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, December 2…

Media Info

Media Contact

Jill Reed, Schwartz Communications
Phone: 415.512.0770
Email: pr(at)coolearthsolar.com


All press releases, including announcements of the founding of Cool Earth and Cool Earth's participation in the 2007 Renewable RFO.


Recent News Coverage

December 2, 2010
Contra Costa Times

Cool Earth Solar is finding that its business has heated up enough that it will double its space in Livermore and ramp up manufacturing…

November 22, 2010
Triple Pundit

[A]s the importance of reducing landfill waste and promoting environmental consciousness increases, more companies are making innovative products out of this inexpensive and plentiful material, whether through recycling, downcycling, or upcycling.…


November 2010
ENGenious

Cool Earth Solar is a company founded and man-
aged by Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT) alumni…

October 2, 2010
Energy Digital

“We are honored to be named a finalist in the prestigious 2010 Platts Global Energy Awards competition and pleased to stand alongside so many other distinguished companies,” said Rob Lamkin, CEO of Cool Earth Solar.…


All news coverage, including articles appearing in Fortune, Discover Magazine, PC Magazine, Business Week, c|net, Venture Beat, and The Mercury News.

All multimedia news coverage, including podcasts and videos from Forbes and Free Energy Now.


News Coverage Highlights

March 5, 2009
economist

Cool Earth’s balloons are rather larger than tradi-
tional party balloons, having a diameter of about
2½ metres (eight feet), but otherwise they look quite similar.…When all the sums are done, Mr Lamkin reckons his company will be able to sell electricity to California’s grid for 11 cents a kilowatt-hour.…

January 21, 2009
energy central

Solar is poised to become the major player in solving the energy crisis, once the solar industry brings down the costs for utility-scale power production. The stakes for solar—indeed, for all renewables that are competing in the utility-scale arena—are huge, as are the goals.…


January 15, 2009
huffington post

Solar energy is the most promising source of clean, renewable energy. It is also one of the most mis-
understood.…

November 5, 2008
fortune

…By replacing expensive materials like steel with cheap-as-chips plastic and air, Cool Earth aims to dramatically lower the price of solar electricity.…


October 29, 2008 (in Forbes magazine, Nov. 17, 2008)
forbes

…Insert a round plate covered with solar cells into
the balloon and you may have the next idea in renewable power.…

October 3, 2008
eastbaybusiness

Solar startup Cool Earth Solar is building a small prototype solar plant near its Livermore head-
quarters.…