http://deals.venturebeat.com/2006/10/11/makani-raises-10m-from-google-for-alternative-energy/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://deals.venturebeat.com/2006/10/11/makani-raises-10m-from-google-for-alternative-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-826699 Makani Power takes in $5M for high-altitude wind energy » VentureBeat Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:45:04 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/wire/2006/10/11/makani-raises-10m-from-google-for-alternative-energy/#comment-826699 [...] previously raised $10 million from Google.org in late 2006 and expects its current round to raise upwards of $20 million. Tags: co:Kite Gen, [...] [...] previously raised $10 million from Google.org in late 2006 and expects its current round to raise upwards of $20 million. Tags: co:Kite Gen, [...]

]]> http://deals.venturebeat.com/2006/10/11/makani-raises-10m-from-google-for-alternative-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-654418 Google’s Green Energy Partners: eSolar & Makani « Earth2Tech Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:03:15 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/wire/2006/10/11/makani-raises-10m-from-google-for-alternative-energy/#comment-654418 [...] Power, based in Alameda, Calif., is no stranger to Google, either. Last year they raised $10 million in Series A funding from the company. “Google is one of our primary investors to date,” Makani spokesperson Amy Johns told [...] [...] Power, based in Alameda, Calif., is no stranger to Google, either. Last year they raised $10 million in Series A funding from the company. “Google is one of our primary investors to date,” Makani spokesperson Amy Johns told [...]

]]> http://deals.venturebeat.com/2006/10/11/makani-raises-10m-from-google-for-alternative-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-577670 Raz’s Blog :: Team Cringely’s moonshot saves the world Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:45:15 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/wire/2006/10/11/makani-raises-10m-from-google-for-alternative-energy/#comment-577670 [...] Some of his ideas are off the deep-end (going to the moon on a shoestring…) but inspire radically new thought (kites as launch vehicles!). He points out an alternate application (high-altitude power generation; smaller footprint, higher effective wind speeds -> no gearing -> better conversion efficiencies, …) and then notes that Google is already onto this. [...] [...] Some of his ideas are off the deep-end (going to the moon on a shoestring…) but inspire radically new thought (kites as launch vehicles!). He points out an alternate application (high-altitude power generation; smaller footprint, higher effective wind speeds -> no gearing -> better conversion efficiencies, …) and then notes that Google is already onto this. [...]

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