Overview
Location
United States, California, Santa Monica
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$586M
Founded date
2008
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 16
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| May 4, 2021 | The $1 billion boondoggle solar plant project failure that was obsolete before it ever went online: Is Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure, clean energy plan another boondoggle project? | Last month, we wrote a piece about why renewables can’t save the planet and how renewables destroy the environment to save the climate. The article was based on an honest assessment of renewable energy like solar and wind by lifelong enviro... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | The world’s biggest solar energy project failure: How this $1 billion boondoggle solar plant project became obsolete before it ever went online | The sun has an infinite amount of energy to generate electricity apparently without toxic pollutants or effects on global warming. It is also true that the current solar energy systems (photovoltaics, solar thermal, solar power) offer signi... |
| Jun 26, 2020 | This $1 billion boondoggle solar plant project was obsolete before it ever went online….It was over before it even began | The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project is one of the most popular solar project failures of the 20th century. Developed by SolarReserve and owned by Tonopah Solar Energy, the Crescent Dunes project is a 110 megawatt (MW) plant located near... |
| Jan 6, 2020 | This $1 billion solar plant was obsolete before it ever went online | SolarReserve is a venture-backed renewable energy startup, focuses on advanced solar thermal storage technology. The startup was founded in 2007 by Kevin Smith to solve two of the fundamental barriers of renewable energy: scalability and st... |
| Oct 28, 2017 | Here are humanity’s best ideas on how to store energy | reader comments 294 with 85 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Historically, the vast majority of the world’s power has been consumed as quickly as it is made, or it's wasted. But clima... |
| Aug 14, 2017 | South Australia okays giant solar thermal plant from SolarReserve | Enlarge / A rendering by SolarReserve of what the Aurora site will look like after it’s completed. SolarReserve reader comments 111 with 69 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit On Monday ... |
| Aug 2, 2017 | General Moly’s Liberty Project Grants Lease Option to Solar Development With Potential to Offset Maintenance Costs And Advance Sustainable Energy Initiatives | General Moly, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE MKT and TSX: GMO), the only western exchange listed, pure-play molybdenum mineral development company, announced that it has entered into an Option Agreement and Land Lease Agreement (if the option i... |
| Mar 14, 2017 | Three solar thermal plants in Chile could generate electricity 24 hours a day | reader comments 115 with 68 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit An artist's rendering of what a 24-hour solar thermal plant at Tamarugal plant could look like. SolarReserve The Tamarugal... |
| Dec 30, 2016 | From Dusk to Dawn, These Solar Panels Bend to the Light Like Supplicants | Set ablaze by a brilliant sunset of powerful reds and fading azures, a landscape of the future harnesses the setting rays of the sun to power a community. This is the vision of a not-faraway-future by Reuben Wu. The visual artist concentrat... |
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FAQ about SolarReserve
When was SolarReserve founded?
SolarReserve was founded in 2008.
How much funding has SolarReserve raised?
SolarReserve has raised $586M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about SolarReserve?
Parsers VC has collected 16 articles mentioning SolarReserve, among them “The $1 billion boondoggle solar plant project failure that was obsolete before it ever went online: Is Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure, clean energy pl...” (May 4, 2021) and “The world’s biggest solar energy project failure: How this $1 billion boondoggle solar plant project became obsolete before it ever went online” (Nov 19, 2020).
Is SolarReserve still active?
SolarReserve is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Aug 30, 2024.