10 Things Not to Miss At Green:Net 2011
Our third annual Green:Net event is coming up on April 21 (yep, next week!) in San Francisco, and we can’t wait for all the great speakers, workshops, announcements and discussions that will go on. The...
View Article10 Digital Energy Innovators from Green:Net 2011
For this year’s Green:Net, a team of GigaOM editors and industry insiders chose 10 innovators in the digital energy space to present their “big ideas” for using information technology to fight climate...
View ArticleVIDEO: Energy Storage for the Off-Grid World
Big Ideas Winner Mike Lin of Fenix International Fenix International — one of our 10 Green:Net Big Ideas winners– has designed a safe and simple battery that can be plugged into various power sources...
View ArticleAn African telecom embraces off-grid batteries
Fenix, a startup that makes a plug-n-play, portable, lead-acid battery for off-grid use has shipped about 2,000 of its batteries to African telecom MTN, the company’s CEO Michael Lin tells me. The...
View ArticleNow available via Kickstarter: An off-grid battery & solar kit
If you’ve been wondering how you can get your hands on one of Fenix International’s portable off-grid battery and solar kits — previously only available to African entrepreneurs — ponder no longer. The...
View ArticleStartup Fenix now selling its off-grid batteries via Vodafone in Tanzania
San Francisco-based startup Fenix International, which makes a battery product that can charge cell phones and run lights in off-the-grid regions, has scored its largest deal to date with Vodafone in...
View ArticleMeet the 6 startups from the inaugural accelerator of French telco Orange
French telco Orange has had a presence in Silicon Valley for over a decade. But on Monday night, the global giant — which has 231 million customers across 32 counties and 170,000 employees — announced...
View ArticleInvestors back startup that sells offgrid battery & solar panels
Batteries paired with solar panels aren’t just intriguing customers in the U.S., Europe and Japan looking to ditch their utilities. People are slowly adopting batteries and solar panels in offgrid...
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