GE Energy Financial Services, and reportedly VantagePoint Venture Partners, are the two newest investors in solar-power technology developer 1366 Technologies Inc., having taken part in a boosted Series B round for 1366 that was disclosed in regulatory filings in recent months.
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(PhysOrg.com) — A Californian company has found a way to reduce the cost of making steam for use in extracting oil from old oil fields: they heat the water using free sunlight.
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