News and Press


GE Ecomagination
GE Ecomagination Challenge - Consumer Innovation Award Winner!
The SmartBox™ Solar Module wins GE's Consumer Innovation Award. Read the announcement


CNN
CNN - Do-It-Yourself Solar Power for Your Home
Imagine outfitting your house with small, affordable solar panels that plug into a socket and pump power into your electrical system instead of taking it out. more…

  


New York Times
NY Times - For Lean Budgets, Plug-and-Play Solar Power
For eco-conscious homeowners who have considered a solar system for their rooftops but have found the cost and complexity daunting, Clarian Power thinks it has an idea. more…

  


Scientific American
Scientific American - Plug and Play Solar Panel Kits Offer Homeowners Affordable Alternative Energy Source
Imagine a modular solar array that you can install—without too much fear of electrocuting yourself—at a relatively low price. That's the vision of Clarian Power, and one that hopes to become a reality by Spring 2011.  more…

  


Scientific American
CNET Green Tech - Do-It-Yourself Solar Panel Kit Aims to Slow the Meter
In the world of solar power, there are panels small enough to charge a cell phone and bigger panels installed on a roof by professionals, but not much in between. Clarian Power is shooting for that space in the middle.  more…

  


Cleantech Open
2010 Cleantech Open Announces Competition Finalists
June 15, 2010, SEATTLE – Clarian Power selected to advance in the 2010 Cleantech Open business competition. Clarian was selected from a talented pool of more than 40 cleantech companies to represent the Pacific Northwest in the world’s biggest clean tech business competition.

  


Popular Science
Popular Science – “Wind Power is a breeze with the SmartBox Wind Turbine”
May issue of Popular Science where Clarian’s SmartBox™ Wind Turbine is featured alongside GE and Google in a piece on the products they see as game changers.  more…

  


Fast Company
Fast Company – “The PC of Renewable Energy”
Imagine you could go to Home Depot and for a few hundred dollars purchase an appliance that plugs in like a kitchen appliance and generates a chunk of the energy your home needs, renewable and emissions-free.  more…

  


Seattle Times
Seattle Times - Seattle Inventor Hopes Rooftop Wind Turbine Will Fly
Imagine walking into a big-box retail store and grabbing a wind turbine off the shelf.  Crazy, right? It makes perfect sense to Clarian Power, which envisions a small wind turbine on every rooftop. more…

  


World Changing
World Changing - Plug-In Wind Power For Every Home
Clarian doesn’t just want to bring change to the world of renewable energy -- they want to mass produce it. more…