Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Last year was another record for investment into alternative and renewable energy, with $148.4 billion poured into the sector globally, up 60% from 2006. On top of this, total M&A transactions in the space amounted to over US$55 billion. Asset financing was the main driver for investment growth, up 68% ...
Posted in Agriculture, Batteries, Biofuels, CCS, Carbon, Climate-Change, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Finance, algae, biomass, ethanol, green-building | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
T. Boone Pickens has delayed work on a state permit to build 170 miles of transmission lines carrying enough wind energy to power 300,000 homes, raising concerns that the much heralded Pickens plan may not pan out as planned.
Earlier this year, Pickens ordered nearly 670 turbines for the ...
Posted in Electricity, Hedge Funds, Industry-News, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Sustainability, Venture Capital, Wind-Power, Wind-Turbines, green-technology | No Comments »
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
L.A. Southwest College 4-MW PV Project, California
L.A. Southwest College's new 4-MW solar project, which was designed and constructed by Chevron Energy Solutions, marks another milestone in the Los Angeles Community College District's efforts to make its colleges carbon neutral through its Renewable Energy Plan.
SolFocus Agreement with EMPE Solar
SolFocus ...
Posted in Concentrated-Solar, Eco-Efficiency, Finance, Hedge Funds, Industry-News, Natural Resources, Photovoltaics, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, green-technology, materials | No Comments »
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Biofuels may not be as bad as many of its critics believed.
Speculators were the principal cause for the rise in corn prices during the summer months, according to a new report by Global Insight, a Boston, Mass.-based consulting firm. In other words, biofuels are not to blame.
"The record high prices ...
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels, Biorefinery, Canada, Climate-Change, biomass | No Comments »
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Evergreen Energy is at risk of becoming the clean energy casualty in the current credit crisis.
The clean coal technology company has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange that it is not in compliance with the NYSE's continued listing standard for minimum share price under Rule 5.5(b)(2) of the ...
Posted in Eco-Efficiency, Finance, Industry-News, Solar-Energy, Start-ups, green-technology, law | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Under the ongoing global financial crisis, a lack of available credit is causing projects to be delayed or terminated, but the clean energy sector is continuing to attract substantial amounts of investment capital. Ernst & Young noted in early October that the global "clean technology" market is expected to garner ...
Posted in Climate-Change, Concentrated-Solar, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Finance, Industry-News, Nanotechnology, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Photovoltaics, Private Equity, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, green-technology | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
If you think the mortgage-backed securities that has brought Wall Street to the brink of collapse seem a bit phony, hold on to your hat because cowboy capitalism is earning a new set of spurs in carbon trading markets.
The trouble is that nobody can say for sure what those ...
Posted in Agriculture, Carbon, Climate-Change, Finance, Industry-News, Sustainability, Venture Capital, green-technology | No Comments »
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Suntech Expansion of U.S. Market Presence
Suntech Power announced three initiatives designed to significantly expand its share of the U.S. solar market, including establishment of a joint venture with MMA Renewable Ventures forming Gemini Solar Development Company, acquisition of EI Solutions with the new subsidiary to be named Suntech ...
Posted in Concentrated-Solar, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Hedge Funds, Photovoltaics, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Start-ups, Sustainability, green-technology | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
The good news is that solar energy will survive and flourish in the long term. The bad news it that it will be tough for many solar energy companies to survive the growing market glut, according to the new report from Lux Research entitled “Solar State of the Market Q3 ...
Posted in Concentrated-Solar, Electricity, Finance, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Photovoltaics, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Research, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, green-technology | 1 Comment »
