socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2009

Pasadena-based solar thermal technology developer eSolar has unveiled a Lancaster solar power plant this morning, saying that the firm's 24,000 mirror, 5-megawatt plant will provide electricity for more than 4,000 homes in the Antelope Valley. Tags: cleantech edison california southern lancaster energy thermal solar esolar.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2015

San Diego- and Lancaster-based Nexus eWater , which makes a device which recycles grey water from residences, turning formerly wasted water into energy and water usable for irrigation and other non-potable uses, said it has received NSF/ANSI certification for its systems. The company recently raised $2.1M in funding.

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Lancaster San Diego Funding Technology 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Electric bus maker BYD is on the defensive, after a recent report which says that BYD--despite huge fanfare over its creation of a bus manufacturing plant in Lancaster--employs less than 40 workers here, and has been under investigation for importing Chinese workers and paying them at less than minimum wage. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Last Monday a group of millionaires and billionaires took a trip to an industrial site in Lancaster, Calif. For Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab and brains behind the excursion, the unveiling was simply the latest in a string of demonstrations for new technologies commercialized by his nearly three-decade old startup company incubator.

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socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2013

The Metro said it will buy up to 25 new, all-electric buses as part of a $30M, clean air bus technology pilot. BYD said the new buses will be assembled in Lancaster. Chinese electric auto firm BYD recently opened up a Los Angeles area headquarters to head up its efforts in the U.S.

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socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2009

Pasadena-based eSolar , the thermal solar technology developer backed by Idealab, has inked another solar plant deal here in California, this time with Pacific Gas and Electric. According to PG&E, it is building a 92 megawtt solar thermal plan, to be built near Lancaster, using eSolar solar thermal technology.

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Lancaster Idealab Pasadena Technology 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Despite some inaccurate stereotypes, the evidence is that they are in every industry, from small consulting firms to medical high technology. As a result, there have also been many new resources and mentors popping up specifically aimed at women.

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