Sunday, July 13th, 2008
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Clean technology venture investments soared in the second-quarter of this year, according to a new report by the Cleantech Group. The report says that investments in North America, Europe, China and India total $2 billion across 96 companies.
Posted in Graphic, Hedge Funds, Industry-News, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Silicon Valley, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, green-technology | No Comments »
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
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ZigBee is a global architecture that creates wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced public availability of its ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile. ZigBee Smart Energy provides utilities and technology suppliers an easy-to-use wireless standard for developing products that improve energy management and ...
Posted in Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Finance, Sustainability | No Comments »
Friday, April 25th, 2008
The seasoned Silicon Valley venture-capital firm, Kleiner Perkins, is rumored to be planning a new "Green Growth" fund worth an estimated value of more than $400 million, according to reports in Venture Beat and PeHub. PE Hub describes the still-unconfirmed talk of a new fund:
"Al Gore is among those ...
Posted in Finance, Hedge Funds, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Photovoltaics, Private Equity, Renewable Fuels, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, Start-ups, Venture Capital, Water, green-technology | 1 Comment »
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Clean Tech Group, a leading investment analyst in the clean tech sector, said it believed investment in ethanol and European wind power and solar thin film technology has hit a peak.
The company released new cleantech investment data yesteday, which appeared to show that a wave in U.S. ethanol and European ...
Posted in Biofuels, Finance, Hedge Funds, Industry-News, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Solar-Energy, Venture Capital, Wind-Power | No Comments »
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
U.S. manufacturers spent less that one percent of total revenue on pollution prevention and treatment in 2005, according to a new estimates released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The manufacturing sector in the U.S. spent $5.9 billion dollars on capital expenditures and $20.7 billion dollars on operating costs ...
Posted in CCS, Climate-Change, Finance, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Research, Sustainability | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Clear Skies Solar, has finalized a $20 million agreement with Power Cube, an energy company based in Utter Pradesh, India to develop and construct the first of several solar energy projects in India.
The project marks Clear Skies Solar's first foray into international energy markets. If the venture can successfully ...
Posted in Finance, India, Industry-News, Solar-Energy | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Posted in China, Finance, Germany, India, Industry-News, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Research, Venture Capital, Wind-Power | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Nearly 20 GW of wind power capacity was installed in 2007, the highest volume achieved in a single year and 32% more than built in 2006. The net increase takes the world total to over 94 GW. Only five years ago, wind power generating capacity was only one-third of that ...
Posted in China, Finance, India, Industry-News, Sustainability, Wind-Power | No Comments »
