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- 14 January 2012 (Washington Post): Why wind power has a bright future
- 13 January 2012 (The Guardian): Vestas cuts more than 2,000 jobs
- 12 January 2012 (BusinessWeek): Solar stocks rise on surging German installs, China growth plans
- 11 January 2012 (Wall Street Journal): PSEG Solar acquires Arizona solar project for $75 million
- 10 January 2012 (CBS News): California company gets $320 million loan for Montana wind farm
- 4 January 2012 (Bloomberg): Vestas -- the world's biggest wind-turbine maker -- plans restructuring, cuts sales forecast by $1.3 billion; shares hit eight-year low
- 20 December 2011 (MarketWatch): Google, KKR to invest $189 million in solar projects
- 19 December 2011 (BusinessWeek): Duke-American Transmission to buy $3.5 billion wind power line
- 16 December 2011 (Bloomberg): Buffett buys 49% stake in $1.8 billion NRG solar power plant
- 15 December 2011 (The Guardian): Facebook 'unfriends' coal and 'likes' clean power
- 14 December 2011 (New York Times): U.S. envoy relieved by climate talks’ outcome
- 13 December 2011 (The Guardian): Siemens plans £210m Hull wind turbine plant
- 12 December 2011 (Reuters): With budget of 3 billion pounds until 2015, UK green bank to lend to wind, waste energy
- 11 December 2011 (Reuters): U.N. climate talks agree legal pact on global warming
- 10 December 2011 (Financial Times): Climate talks go into extra time
- 9 December 2011 (Reuters): Support grows for Durban climate deal
- 8 December 2011 (The Guardian): UN climate change talks: EU plan raises hopes of last-ditch deal
- 7 December 2011 (Bloomberg): Warren Buffett’s $2 billion solar bet receives ‘attractive’ rates, U.S. incentive
- 6 December 2011 (India Today): Durban: China accepts emissions cut deal with riders, India in spot
- 5 December 2011 (San Jose Mercury News): California smart-grid software company eMeter bought by Siemens
- 1 December 2011 (Bloomberg): JA Solar buys Chinese wafer maker to boost capacity, cut costs
- 30 November 2011 (New York Times): Private dollars revive a solar panel plan for military housing
- 29 November 2011 (Businessweek): Thai Solar Energy Co. to spend $447 million on new projects with a total capacity of 135 megawatts
- 28 November 2011 (Forbes): BrightSource strikes world's biggest solar energy storage deal
- 25 November 2011 (Business Live): On the eve of global climate talks, report sees potential for 460,000 green jobs in South Africa
- 24 November 2011 (Bloomberg): Vattenfall to invest EU1.5 billion in wind park, Abendblatt says
- 23 November 2011 (Reuters AlertNet): East Africa's first solar-panel plant supports Kenya's clean energy push
- 22 November 2011 (Businessweek): U.S. clean energy needs private funding as stimulus wanes
- 21 November 2011 (Washington Post): China urges progress on financing for $100 billion climate change fund for developing nations
- 19 November 2011 (The Economic Times): Tata Capital, IFC set up $16 million joint venture for climate change business in India
- 18 November 2011 (Bloomberg): SunEdison gets $110 million in funding for Indian solar projects
- 16 November 2011 (Bloomberg): Clean energy investment may double to $395 billion by 2020
- 15 November 2011 (Businessweek): Temperature extremes ‘virtually certain’ to rise, UN draft says
- 14 November 2011 (Oilprice.com): Wind power to be competitive with natural gas by 2016
- 11 November 2011 (New York Times): A gold rush of subsidies in the search for clean energy
- 10 November 2011 (Reuters): A power company president ties his future to green energy
- 9 November 2011 (The Australian): Price on pollution to slash emissions, raise $24.5 billion
- 8 November 2011 (Bloomberg): A kilogram of polysilicon, the basic material in solar panels, dropped from $475 in February 2008 to less than $35 Oct. 31.
- 7 November 2011 (Businessweek): Siemens wins wind turbine orders of $900 million in Americas
- 6 November 2011 (Times of India): NRI to bring solar-powered health centres to Indian villages
- 5 November 2011 (CNN): Prince Charles endorses university post on climate change
- 4 November 2011 (New York Times): As wind energy use grows, utilities seek to stabilize power grid
- 24 October 2011 (Financial Times): Surging solar stocks take Nasdaq positive for year
- 23 October 2011 (Reuters): Japan's Tepco to sell 20 pct stake in wind power unit
- 22 October 2011 (Third Age): Solar suitcase gives power to hospitals in developing countries
- 21 October 2011 (Wall Street Journal): India solar projects get bids from local, foreign firms
- 16 October 2011 (Wall Street Journal): Joule Unlimited forges a faster path to biofuels
- 15 October 2011 (Zee News): Himalayas: Best place to harness solar power
- 14 October 2011 (Autos.ca): The global market for biofuels will increase from US$83 billion in 2011 to $185 billion in 2021
- 13 October 2011 (The Denver Post): GE set to build $300 million solar panel plant in Colorado
- 12 October 2011 (International Business Times): Fuel cell vehicle market to reach $16.9 billion by 2020
- 11 October 2011 (ElectroIQ): VC funding in the solar sector rose about 5% in 3Q11 vs. 2Q11 to $372 million
- 10 October 2011 (Silicon Republic): Irish clean-tech firm vies to be the Google for forestry data
- 7 October 2011 (Bloomberg): Greece expects $27 billion solar project to advance by year-end
- 6 October 2011 (Forbes): Sector Snap: Solar companies rise on Obama support
- 5 October 2011 (Forbes): Green tech venture investments shot up 23% in Q3
- 4 October 2011 (BBC News): Solar panels on Blackfriars station over Thames
- 3 October 2011 (PV Magazine): Thin film solar market to grow 1,500 percent by 2017
- 2 October 2011 (Energy Matters): Solar powered insect killer
- 1 October 1011 (BusinessWeek): U.S. closes $4.75 billion in solar loans before program deadline
- 30 September 2011 (MIT News): ‘Artificial leaf’ makes fuel from sunlight
- 29 September 2011 (CTV News): Climate change will cost Canada about $5 billion a year by 2020, a startling new analysis commissioned by the federal government warns
- 28 September 2011 (Los Angeles Times): Obama administration approves 2 solar loans worth $1 billion
- 27 September 2011 (Wall Street Journal): Google invests $75 million in home solar venture
- 26 September 2011 (MarketWatch): India's ReNew Wind Power start-up gets $201 million Goldman investment
- 24 September 2011 (The Hindu): Maldives set to harnesses the Sun in a big way
- 23 September 2011 (Brighter Energy): Wells Fargo finances $200 million solar project in New Mexico
- 22 September 2011 (Reuters): Fulcrum Bioenergy files for IPO of up to $115 million
- 21 September 2011 (The Guardian): World Bank: ditch fossil fuel subsidies to address climate change
- 20 September 2011 (Renewable Energy World): GM-backed Sunlogics buys solar plants, raises $6 million
- 19 September 2011 (Reuters): Origo, Ecofin launch $200 million Chinese cleantech fund to invest across sectors such as alternative energy, water, energy storage and distribution
- 18 September 2011 (The Tribune Express): China takes over as US solar power firms fail
- 17 Septembeer 2011 (BusinessWeek): Biofuel producer Mascoma seeks to raise $100 million in IPO
- 16 September 2011 (Power Engineering): $100 million Asian Development Bank loan boosts solar power in India's Gujarat
- 15 September 2011 (Bloomberg): GE to double capacity at Brazil’s biggest solar energy project
- 14 September 2011 (The Guardian): World's largest firms 'acting on climate change', analysis shows
- 13 September 2011 (San Francisco Chronicle): Baja Sun Energy plans $500 million solar investment for Mexico
- 12 September 2011 (Biofuels International): Mozambique's biofuels projects could save $682 million
- 11 September 2011 (Minivan News): Maldives documentary makes waves at Toronto and North American film festivals
- 10 September 2011 (Sydney Morning Herald): Majority report: why consensus is all the rage
- 9 September 2011 (New Energy World Network): Solar PV manufacturer Beijing Jingyuntong raises $394 million in Shanghai listing
- 8 September 2011 (CNET): Nontoxic energy storage snags $30 million in funding
- 7 September 2011 (socalTECH): US Renewables Group invests $344 million in residential solar
- 6 September 2011 (IEEE Spectrum): World will install 44 gigawatts of wind power in 2011
- 5 September 2011 (The Telegraph): Is solar the future for energy production?
- 4 September 2011 (Daily Mail): Japanese pledge £600 million for UK wind power
- 3 September 2011 (Forbes): Japan jumps into offshore wind power
- 2 September 2011 (Bloomberg): First Solar receives $455.7 million Ex-Im Bank loan guarantee
- 1 September 2011 (The Sydney Morning Herald): Plane biofuel to be made from eucalypt
- 31 August 2011 (Wall Street Journal): Once a shining light for solar power, Solyndra goes bust
- 30 August 2011 (The Guardian): Barclays launches £100 million renewables fund for farmers
- 29 August 2011 (Bloomberg): U.S. solar product exports rose 83% last year on sales to China
- 28 August 2011 (Philadelphia Inquirer): Pennsylvania can clean up in clean tech
- 27 August 2011 (AFP): Greece 'to export solar power to Germany'
- 26 August 2011 (Wall Street Journal): India expects $6.5 billion to be invested in renewable energy
- 25 August 2011 (The Independent): Spray-on solar may be future for green energy
- 24 August 2011 (Invest in Brazil): Wind power now less expensive than natural gas in Brazil, based on recent energy auction
- 23 August 2011 (Forbes): Fuel-cell startup ClearEdge scores $73.5 million from investors
- 22 August 2011 (EcoSeed): SoloPower finalizes $197-million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy
- 21 August 2011 (The Sacramento Bee): Greenhouse gas law aids state's clean tech growth
- 20 August 2011 (Wall Street Journal): Yingli Green earnings surge 72% on strong PV sales
- 18 August 2011 (San Jose Mercury News): 1,200 job seekers show up for solar project jobs
- 17 August 2011 (The Guardian): Vestas: new wind turbine factory will create 2,000 UK jobs
- 16 August 2011 (San Francisco Chronicle): Solon cuts jobs in Germany, U.S. amid falling solar profit
- 15 August 2011 (Hindustan Times): India next big destination for solar energy
- 14 August 2011 (CNN): Bringing solar light bulbs to the world
- 12 August 2011 (Bloomberg): India to top U.S. Ex-Im lending with $575 million in solar deals
- 11 August 2011 (GigaOM): Solar startup Solexant raises another $23 million in equity from investors
- 10 August 2010 (Energy & Capital): Half a billion for wind power
- 9 August 2011 (NPR): After aiming too high, Spain renews solar push
- 8 August 2011 (Mother Nature Network): 5 breakthroughs that will make solar power cheaper than coal
- 7 August 2011 (AFP): US fund Blackstone plans two big German wind farms
- 6 August 2011 (The Hindu): Role of IT in the solar power sector
- 5 August 2011 (Platts): The US Department of Energy (DOE) finalizes $967 million loan guarantee for Arizona solar plant
- 4 August 2011 (San Jose Mercury News): Lunera to offer a no-money down lease for LED lighting
- 3 August 2011 (Forbes): BrightSource to build solar plants that generate power after dark
- 2 August 2011 (Wall Street Journal): ABB wins $1 billion wind-power order
- 1 August 2011 (Bloomberg): NSL may triple Chile’s wind power output with $650 million plan
- 31 July 2011 (Indian Express): With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a solar-toilet to turn human waste into power - designed by scientist at the California Institute of Technology
- 30 July 2011 (New York Times): Museum shows history and power of wind energy
- 29 July 2011 (Inhabitat): Solar powered schools in California will save the state $1.5 billion
- 28 July 2011 (Forbes): Top 12 Women of Cleantech
- 27 July 2011 (Bloomberg): German wind-turbine demand rises as Merkel plans nuclear exit
- 26 July 2011 (Reuters): First Solar boasts world-record solar cell
- 28 June 2011 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): US Navy shows interest in biofuels from Queensland
- 27 June 2011 (Reuters): Green is back in venture capital circles, but call it light green
- 26 June 2011 (Time): Betting big on solar
- 25 June 2011 (The Seattle Times): Biofuels are creating a big buzz in military
- 24 June 2011 (The New Zealand Herald): Britain looks to Emerald Isle coast for green power
- 23 June 2011 (Reuters): Airlines in EU biofuels pact to cut pollution
- 22 June 2011 (The Washington Post): Used cooking oil to be used as biofuel to fuel KLM flights to and from Paris
- 21 June 2011 (Recharge News): Siemens claims China coup with first foreign offshore wind order
- 20 June 2011 (The Guardian): Price of solar panels to drop to $1 by 2013, report forecasts
- 19 June 2011 (Herald Sun): The Australian Greens are claiming credit for a federal government decision to provide $750 million to help build two of the largest solar power stations in the world
- 18 June 2011 (Fox News): Jet completes first biofuel transatlantic flight
- 17 June 2011 (Forbes): DOE loves solar, offers $150 million loan guarantee to 1366 Technologies
- 16 June 2011 (Business Standard): IFC to invest $4 million for green energy in India
- 15 June 2011 (Bloomberg): U.S. offers Sempra solar plant $359 million loan guarantee
- 14 June 2011 (GMA News): Government eyes 'grid parity' for renewable, conventional energy sources in 20 yrs
- 13 June 2011 (Reuters): Siemens backs home energy startup Tendril
- 10 June 2011 (New York Times): Germany's phaseout puts a spotlight on the cost of its renewables strategy
- 9 June 2011 (Reuters): Schneider buys China cleantech firm for $650 million
- 8 June 2011 (Washington Post): Romney draws early fire from conservatives over views on climate change
- 7 June 2011 (Herald Scotland): £40m buyout secures wind power project
- 6 June 2011 (Bloomberg): GE buying eSolar stake to offer gas-solar hybrid power plants
- 3 June 2011 (The Guardian): Green search engine means you click and save the rainforest
- 2 June 2011 (Financial Times): Greenko, the Aim-quoted Indian clean energy specialist, is to raise £50m ($82m) to expand its wind farm projects
- 1 June 2011 (Reuters): Waste-to-fuel startup Enerkem raises $60 million from Valero, investors
- 31 May 2011 (Barron's): Solar ETFs on fire as Germany vows to close nuclear plants
- 30 May 2011 (The New York Times): Germany to halt nuclear power production by 2022 -- wind, solar, geothermal and biomass energy from waste identified as alternative power sources
- 29 May 2011 (The Guardian): Worst ever carbon emissions leave climate on the brink -- record rise, despite recession, means 2C target almost out of reach
- 27 May 2011 (Bloomberg): Solazyme surges in debut on bio-fuels bet
- 26 May 2011 (Bloomberg): GE sees solar cheaper than fossil power and nuclear energy in five years
- 25 May 2011 (Wall Street Journal): Japan aims to lift share of green energy to 20%
- 24 May 2011 (Wall Street Journal): Solar power in India needs $110 billion in capital - KPMG
- 23 May 2011 (Boston.com): Cambridge-based MicroContinuum Inc. is working on “nantennas’’ — small antennas that gather much more energy from the sun than existing solar cells.
- 22 May 2011 (Financial Times): Natural gas is a threat to wind farm growth
- 21 May 2011 (Barron's): Vestas wind in the doldrums
- 20 May 2011 (Bloomberg): Gamesa opens $72 million venture fund for clean-power technology
- 19 May 2011 (Forbes): Obama administration grants $737 million for a 24/7 solar power plant
- 18 May 2011 (Electronics News): Super-efficient solar energy tech could demolish photovoltaics
- 17 May 2011 (San Francisco Chronicle): Lowe's buys stake in Oakland solar firm Sungevity
- 16 May 2011 (Clean Technica): Khosla Ventures-backed SunBorne enters Indian solar PV market, plans 500 MW capacity by 2015
- 15 May 2011 (Wall Street Journal): The planet savers
- 14 May 2011 (The Guardian): Historic climate change deal with legal powers agreed by Cabinet
- 13 May 2011 (MarketWatch): BP plans to invest $1.5 billion in biofuels in 2011
- 12 May 2011 (Bloomberg): Mabey Bridge Ltd., a U.K. bridge engineer, opens a 38 million-pound ($62 million) wind turbine tower factory in south Wales
- 11 May 2o11 (The Guardian): Japan nuclear power expansion plans abandoned; Prime minister Naoto Kan says renewables will become a key part of energy policy as country marks two months since tsunami
- 10 May 2011 (Economic Times): Companies see a realistic chance of bringing down cost of solar power
- 9 May 2011 (Economic Times): India to add 67,000 MW solar power capacity by 2022
- 8 May 2011 (Washington Post): Denmark tops list of clean technology producers; China is No. 2; US at 17 is rapidly expanding
- 7 May 2011 (Economic Times): Indian investors and EPC contractors forge alliances for solar power projects
- 6 May 2011 (Reuters): Despite IPOs, next-gen biofuels still creeping forward in 2011
- 5 May 2011 (Financial Times): Buffeted Vestas anticipates fair wind
- 4 May 2011 (Times of India): The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) launches 'clean' energy laboratory with $7.5 million contribution from Applied Materials
- 3 May 2011 (Alternative Power Construction): Lincoln Renewable Energy signs $41 million project finance deal for New Jersey solar project
- 2 May 2011 (Sydney Morning Herald): Independent carbon bank needed to oversee ETS
- 1 May 2011 (Financial Times): Guy Hands, chairman of the private equity group Terra Firma, aims to double the size of its renewable energy business within the next five years
- 30 April 2011 (Boston Herald): Proposal would kill Mass. town’s turbine project
- 29 April 2011 (Reuters): $30 million in DOE grants for green technologies free of rare earth elements
- 28 April 2011 (Bloomberg): Total, Europe’s third-biggest oil producer, to buy up to 60% of SunPower for $1.38 billion
- 27 April 2011 (Reuters): Google: renewable energy is long-term effort
- 26 April 1011 (CNET): California highways could be a source of green energy
- 25 April 2011 (The Guardian): Carbon cuts by developed countries cancelled out by imported goods
- 22 April 2011 (PC World): Apple is the worst environmental offender in tech, says Greenpeace
- 21 April 2011 (BusinessWeek): New Mexico utility unveils first large-scale solar plant
- 20 April 2011 (Reuters/VentureBeat): U.S. Department of Energy to grant up to $130 million for renewable energy projects
- 19 April 2011 (Los Angeles Times): Google works on electric vehicle charging, invests $100 million in wind farm
- 18 April 2011 (The Sydney Morning Herald): Australian and Chinese firm partner to develop $6 billion worth of wind and solar energy projects in Australia
- 17 April 2011 (Computerworld): Anonymous hacker claims he broke into wind turbine systems
- 16 April 2011 (San Jose Mercury News): California company inks deal with Montana wind farm
- 15 April 2011 (New York Times): Clouds part for U.S. solar industry
- 14 April 2011 (Bloomberg): Duke builds largest energy storage system with Xtreme at wind farm
- 13 April 2011 (BusinessWeek): Duke Energy and American Transmission Co. plan to develop a new electric transmission network in North America
- 12 April 2011 (Wall Street Journal): Germany plans faster nuclear exit -- among measures to boost renewables, a €5 billion ($7.21 billion) program to increase offshore wind power
- 11 April 2011 (The Guardian): BritNed power cable boosts hopes for European supergrid. Electricity link between UK and the Netherlands seen as key step in connecting renewable energy to a European power grid
- 10 April 2011 (The Times of India): Rooting for cassava, biofuel of the future
- 9 April 2011 (USA Today): Oil-loving Texas gets serious about electric-car charging
- 8 April 2011 (Irish Times): ESB clean tech fund puts €20 million into Wind Energy Direct, a firm that finances, installs and owns wind turbines
- 7 April 2011 (PC Magazine): Google invests $5 million in German solar power plant
- 6 April 2011 (Bloomberg): Solar power may already rival coal, prompting installation surge
- 5 April 2011 (Reuters): Venture capitalists invested $2.57 billion in the clean technology sector in the first quarter, up 13 percent from a year earlier -- sector raised most since start of financial crisis
- 4 April 2011 (Forbes): Saudis switch to solar, nuclear at home, saving oil for export
- 3 April 2011 (Wired): Can a country get 90 percent of its power from renewables?
- 2 April 2011 (Philadelphia Inquirer): President Obama to tout his energy plan at Bucks wind-turbine plant
- 1 April 2011 (Bloomberg): Dominion Virginia to turn three coal-fired plants to biomass
- 31 March 2011 (Business Report): South African corporate heavyweights are lining up to be independent power producers for the first phase of South Africa’s on-grid solar thermal power market
- 30 March 2011 (Times of India): China mulls switch to solar photovoltaics to scale down N-power
- 29 March 2011 (BusinessWeek): Nuclear jitters brighten solar industry's path
- 26 March 2011 (Forbes): $845 million Kenya wind project begins in December
- 23 March 2011 (CrunchGear): World’s highest solar array to be built in Tibet
- 22 March 2011 (Bloomberg): Doosan Power in pact with Scotland for a $278 million offshore wind base
- 21 March 2011 (InformationWeek): IBM, Cable & Wireless Worldwide partner on UK Smart Energy Cloud: Big Blue and its telecom ally hope to capture part of the British government's $13 billion plan to put smart meters in every home
- 18 March 2011 (Bloomberg): Femsa, Macquarie buy $89-million wind farm project in Mexico
- 17 March 2011 (New York Times): Google Ventures leads $20 million financing of biofuels start-up
- 16 March 2011 (Forbes): Renewable energy firm Harvest Power raises $52 million to turn waste into fuel
- 15 March 2011 (Business Standard): The International Finance Corporation (IFC) to invest $15 million in India's Simran Wind Project
- 14 March 2011 (Economic Times): Solairedirect Energy in talks to set up 20MW Gujarat solar plant
- 13 March 2011 (Times of India): Wind turbine manufacturer Kenersys, a joint venture between Kalyani Group and US-based private equity firm First Reserve Corporation, opens new plant in India and announces plan to set up a manufacturing plant in the US
- 12 March 2011 (Chicago Tribune): Purdue University moves forward with planned wind farm
- 11 March 2011 (Los Angeles Times): Interest in renewable energy may stick as oil prices surge
- 10 March 2011 (Wall Street Journal): US solar power market reaches $6 billion in 2010
- 9 March 2011 (Los Angeles Times): New web-based Retroficiency app to automate energy efficiency audits for buildings
- 8 March 2011 (Bloomberg): Korea Electric plans to invest $1.8 billion in smart power grid by 2015
- 7 March 2011 (Forbes): Tidal power to connect to grid
- 6 March 2011 (Wall Street Journal): Algeria's $60 billion green plan to emphasize wind energy, solar power and domestic industries
- 5 March 2011 (Reuters): China to launch energy cap-and-trade trials in green push
- 4 March 2011 (CleanTechnica): U.S. farmers adding much more renewable power than expected
- 3 March 2011 (SolarServer): GE, VantagePoint join in UDS$28.4 million power boost for solar energy innovator 1366 Technologies to cut in half the cost of photovoltaic solar panels
- 2 March 2011 (Bloomberg): U.K. government ready to pay power users to switch off in `negawatt' plan
- 1 March 2011 (New York Times): A home for captured carbon dioxide
- 1 March 2011 (The Irish Times): NTR plc, a renewable energy and waste management group based in Dublin,
joins BlackRock -- the fund manager with $3.6 trillion of assets under management -- in new energy venture
- 28 February 2011 (CNET): Ocean Power Technologies has completed construction of a "workhorse" buoy designed to generate electricity from wave motion for utility-scale projects
- 27 February 2011 (The Guardian): Eco-car drives like the wind across Australia: A pair of inventive eco-sportsmen have driven across Australia using mostly wind power
- 26 February 2011 (Los Angeles Times): U.N. leader asks Hollywood for help in fight against global climate change
- 25 February 2011 (Reuters): Cleantech 2.0 is on its way
- 24 February 2011 (CNET): George Soros joins private equity heavy in clean energy fund
- 23 February 2011 (Reuters): Transphorm unveils efficient power module, $38 million from Kleiner, Google
- 22 February 2011 (Xconomy): A focus on energy efficiency will help keep the U.S. competitive, and other cleantech industry predictions for 2011
- 21 February 2011 (Energy Efficiency News): Vestas to deploy first-of-its-kind floating platform offshore wind turbines
- 20 February 2011 (Economic Times): Saudi turns to alternatives to prop up oil power
- 19 February 2011 (Indianapolis Business Journal): Clean energy is becoming such a big deal that Purdue University is packaging it as a college degree
- 18 February 2011 (VentureBeat): Thin-film solar panel maker MiaSole reportedly raises $125 million, IPO question hangs
- 18 February 2011 (The Financial): Bayer starts pilot plant for plastic manufacturing with CO2
- 17 February 2011 (European Voice): EU Commission's climate-action department suggests EU should cut greenhouse-gas emissions by 40% by 2030
- 16 February 2011 (Daily News & Analysis): World Bank and IFC will double loans to renewable energy projects in India to $2 billion in the next three years
- 15 February 2011 (The Sydney Morning Herald): Shell, Brazil's Cosan form $12 billion ethanol unit to produce "a sustainable, clean and renewable source of energy"
- 14 February 2011 (Bangkok Post): Smart grid needed for power security; GE plans to make Thailand execution and service hub for smart grid business
- 14 February 2011 (Energy Harvesting Journal): Harnessing wind energy from traffic
- 13 February 2011 (Green Energy News): Offshore wind energy meets offshore wind energy storage
- 12 February 2011 (MSNBC): "Small wind" is getting big. The market for these pint-sized windmills grew 13 percent in the United States in 2009 to $82.4 million
- 11 February 2011 (Bloomberg): U.K.-Denmark power cable may spur ‘crucial’ supergrid, Dong says
- 10 February 2011 (Waste Management World): £80 million large scale, 19MW advanced waste-to-energy gasification facility in Dagenham, UK underway
- 9 February 2011 (BBC News): Plans for one of the UK's largest offshore wind farms off the Yorkshire coast have been given the go-ahead by the government
- 8 February 2011 (New Energy World Network): Toshiba to revamp Michigan hydroelectric plant in $500 million deal
- 7 February 2011 (Energy Efficiency News): US invests $27 million in reducing the cost of solar power
- 4 February 2011 (TechEye): Solar cell could beat theoretical efficiency maximum
- 3 February 2011 (New York Times): US government backs $1 billion plan to make gasoline from wood
- 3 February 2011 (The Montreal Gazette): Planet could save trillions by shifting to renewable energy
- 2 February 2011 (Reuters): Solar stocks rally on MEMC outlook, Goldman note
- 1 February 2011 (Reve): Around £30 billion could be invested in Scotland's offshore wind power industry, creating thousands of jobs
- 31 January 2011 (Australian Broadcasting Corp): Next generation solar cells could yield significant improvements in solar panel efficiency
- 29 January 2011 (Hydro World): First unit of hydroelectric power project in Himachal Pradesh, India, to be online in March
- 28 January 2011 (Bloomberg): Suzlon, India’s largest wind-turbine maker, signs $1.2 billion India wind farm deal with Caparo
- 27 January 2011 (International Business Times): Arizona utility offers solar power direct
- 26 January 2011 (Financial Times): Obama delivers boost to clean energy
- 25 January 2011 (Financial Times): China beats the US in wind energy
- 24 January 2011 (Saigon Daily): US-based First Solar to build a one billion-plus US$ solar cell plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- 22 January 2011 (Zeenews): 'World's largest solar park planned in Greece'
- 21 January 2011 (Engineering News): Spanish consortium wins €20 million, 13.6-MW Kenya wind farm contract
- 20 January 2011 (Reuters): DOE awards $967 million loan guarantee for Arizona solar PV project
- 20 January 2011 (Global Arab Network): Egypt invites investors to apply for wind farm tender to establish wind power generation stations in the Gulf of Suez region with a 1,000 megawatt-capacity
- 19 January 2011 (TechCrunch): US, China compare clean tech, environmental concerns at the White House
- 18 January 2011 (New York Times): For devotees of wind power, a new product label
- 17 January 2011 (Times of India): Construction work of 4 MW solar project all set to begin
- 16 January 2011 (Bloomberg): Masdar City ’energy positive,’ produces more power than needs
- 15 January 2011 (Reuters): GE invests $520 million in green data center technologies
- 15 January 2011 (Winnipeg Free Press): Wind turbines could be good for our crops
- 14 January 2011 (Engineering News): From Cancun to Durban – what’s in store for the next 12 months?
- 13 January 2011 (Los Angeles Times): Mayor Villaraigosa celebrates Los Angeles Department of Water and Power milestone: 20% of power from renewable sources
- 12 January 2011 (KPBS): University of California, San Diego launches new greenhouse gas monitoring network. Earth Networks will invest $25 million to set up monitoring devices beginning with 50 in the U.S.
- 11 January 2011 (Bloomberg): Subic Wind Power Generation Inc., a unit of China’s Sunnew Investments Ltd., will invest $125 million to construct a wind farm and solar-power facility
- 10 January 1011 (Reuters): Intel, Braemar, invest in Viridity Energy for smart grid
- 9 January 2011 (Reuters): Scotland-China sign $10 million waste-to-energy deal as Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang began state visit to Britain
- 8 January 2011 (The Saudi Gazette): World Bank to fund ambitious $1.5 billion smart grid project linking Arab, Desertec regions
- 7 January 2011 (New York Times): Cape Wind is cleared for takeoff — mostly
- 6 January 2011 (Money Control): India poised for big solar power growth
- 5 January 2011 (Bloomberg): First Solar sells projects in Canada, announces developer partner in China
- 4 January 2011 (Business Spectator): Sinovel Wind Group Co, China's largest wind turbine producer, plans to raise up to $US1.4 billion in Shanghai IPO
- 3 January 2011 (Christian Science Monitor): Green energy first: New York firm seeks tidal power plant in East River
- 2 January 2011 (The Guardian): Qantas on brink of £200 million joint venture to produce green biojet fuel made from waste
- 31 December 2010 (BusinessWeek): Turkish law may spur wind investments of $30 billion
- 31 December 2010 (Wall Street Journal): Solar plant to generate power after sundown
- 30 December 2010 (Earth & Industry): Siemens inks huge wind turbine deal with Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy
- 29 December 2010 (Renewable Energy World Magazine): Developing the smart grid: Utilities could find smart grid technology offers a useful tool in cutting carbon emissions
- 28 December 2010 (National Geographic): Can geothermal energy pick up real steam?
- 27 December 2010 (St. Louis Business Journal): SunEdison receives final $304 million payment from sale of 70MW solar power plant in Italy
- 27 December 2010 (Star Tribune): Silent Power, a Baxter, Minn., company that designs systems to store solar and wind energy, raises $2 million
- 26 December 2010 (Haaretz): Israel's electric grid set to go solar
- 25 December 2010 (Windsor Beacon): Vestas receives large order for wind-power project in British Columbia
- 24 December 2010 (New York Times): In Kenya, huts far off the grid harness the sun
- 23 December 2010 (Reuters): Sinovel Wind, China's largest wind turbine producer, plans to kick start pre-marketing for its $519 million IPO in Shanghai
- 22 December 2010 (Solar Novus Today): Tipping point for solar power in India
- 21 December 2010 (Wall Street Journal): Abengoa gets $1.45 billion federal loan for 250-megawatt Arizona solar-power plant
- 17 December 2010 (Reuters): U.S. awards $1.3 billion loan guarantee to 845 MW wind project in Oregon
- 17 December 2010 (Business Daily Africa): Kenya Power and Lighting Company has entered into carbon deal with Standard Bank of South Africa
- 16 December 2010: BluEarth Renewables which acquires, develops, constructs and operates hydro, wind and solar power projects has raised $160 million from a series of investors including ARC Financial, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and other backers.
- 15 December 2010 (Biofuels Digest): DOE to award $30 million for advanced biofuels feedstock, processing improvements
- 14 December 2010 (Greentech Media): Colorado-based Abound Solar wins $400 million DOE loan, $110 million in venture capital for CdTe PV
- 13 December 2010 (BusinessWeek): China plans to invest 2 trillion yuan ($300 billion) to develop nationwide smart grid over the next 5 years
- 13 December 2010 (Intelligent Energy Portal): 1,000 MW Deepwater Wind Energy Center (DWEC) to supply power to multiple East Coast states
- 13 December 2010 (Semiconductor Today): SemiLEDs’ IPO raises $79m in net proceeds
- 13 December 2010 (Wall Street Journal): Huaneng Renewables scraps up to US$1.28 billion Hong Kong IPO
- 13 December 2010 (Guardian): Hope from Cancún: now the hard work to make it legally binding in Durban
- 13 December 2010 (ESI Africa): New low-carbon, geothermal energy in Rwanda; plans 3 exploration wells (US$20) in 2011 and 300 MW of geothermal energy in 7 years
- 12 December 2010 (Bloomberg): Datang Renewable raises $643 million in Hong Kong IPO
- 12 December 2010 (GigaOM): The hot new sector in greentech: adaptation
- 12 December 2010 (Earth Techling): H2 silo concept developed in Charlotte, North Carolina lets one farm hydrogen
- 12 December 2010 (IRIN / UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs): Progress in Cancun, work begins on Durban
- 12 December 2010 (Big4.com): PricewaterhouseCoopers: Hopeful for new green fund by next COP in Durban
- 12 December 2010 (news24): Hope for South Africa climate talks
- 12 December 2010 (GetSolar): Renewable energy infrastructure gets a boost
- 11 December 2010 (IPS): UN climate conference in Cancun -- Emissions punted to Durban, breakthrough seen on forests
- 11 December 2010 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): Cancun climate talks reach 'historic' deal
- 10 December 2010 (VentureBeat): What to watch for in cleantech in 2011: companies, IPOs and trends
- 10 December 2010 (New York Times): Court rejects industry challenge to limits on smokestack CO2
- 9 December 2010 (Financial Times): Developing world steps up push for new Kyoto
- 9 December 2010 (New York Times): Wind farm would link northeastern grids
- 9 December 2010: Cisco, Ericsson and Fujitsu top Greenpeace IT leaderboard
- 9 December 2010 (Greentech Media): The Texas CREZ plan to get wires for wind: Transmission builder Oncor says the CREZ will make Texas a world leader in wind
- 9 December 2010 (Los Angeles Times): Sunrise Powerlink transmission line breaks ground in San Diego County
- 8 December 2010: Pew report states clean energy is a $2.3 trillion opportunity
- 8 December 2010 (Mother Jones): UN's tiniest nation: "Help! We're drowning"
- 8 December 2010 (Conservation International): Climate change adaptation: On the ground in South Africa
- 8 December 2010 (The Financial Express - editorial): Climate change issue: Get ready to adapt
- 8 December 2010 (Sydney Morning Herald): Climate offer from Beijing spurs talks
- 8 December 2010 (Physorg): Climate scientist warns world of widespread suffering if further climate change is not forestalled
- 7 December 2010 (Financial Times): Siemens Bank to offer €2 billion ($2.66 billion) in loans to renewables, solar energy.
- 6 December 2010 (Supply Chain Digital): World leaders in Cancun to consider ICT solutions to tackle climate change
- 5 December 2010 (Bozeman Daily): Analysis shows camelina-based jet fuel reduces CO2 emissions by 75% compared to traditional jet fuel
- 5 December 2010 (The Times of India): India takes steps to protect wheat from global warming
- 4 December 2010 (Cleantechnica): China adding 500 gigawatts of renewable power by 2020
- 4 December 2010 (The Guardian): Cancún climate talks in danger of collapse over Kyoto continuation
- 4 December 2010 (Council of Canadians): Cancun climate talks at critical moment: Canada named in Group of 3 countries working to kill Kyoto
- 3 December 2010: India to be a world leader in green technology; GDP to include environment cost
- 3 December 2010 (Fiji Broadcasting Corporation): Pacific push in Cancun: The Pacific and AOSIS target is to get an agreement that will limit global warming to an increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius
- 3 December 2010 (The Hindu): NGOs attack Japan's stand on Kyoto Protocol
- 3 December 2010 (Financial Times): Shell sponsors climate change exhibition
- 2 December 2010 (Asia Sentinel): India's massive solar program underway
- 2 December 2010 (Oilgae): Algae biofuel push by TATA Steel
- 2 December 2010 (Associated Press/Yahoo News): US, China close in on accord on key climate issue (measuring, reporting & verifying - MRV).
- 2 December 2010 (BusinessWeek): China says Kyoto pact debate threatens climate talks
- 2 December 2010 (Reuters): Developing nations accused Japan of breaking a pledge to extend UN pact for fighting global warming beyond 2012
- 2 December 2010 (The Vancouver Sun): Cancun and the future of climate science
- 2 December 2010 (Reporting Climate Science): 2010 will be among the top three warmest years
- 2 December 2010 (Gazette Newspapers): Global warming shown scientific fact
- 1 December 2010: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) targets 3GW of Asian solar capacity by 2013. ADB has announced 500MW renewable energy projects with India-based NTPCT
- 1 December 2010 (Bloomberg): UN rules out extending Kyoto CO2 limits this year, hurting carbon market.
- 1 December 2010 (The Guardian): Cancún climate talks are vital to the UK. Caroline Spelman, the UK's environment secretary, says we are already feeling the effects of climate change and must adapt fast
- 1 December 2010 (OneClimate): Fossil of the day - Day 2 - from COP16 in Cancun, Mexico. Japan wins the award.
- 30 November 2010 (Reuters): NRG Goes on solar buying spree, nabs 250MW SunPower project and plans to spend up to $450 million over four years
- 30 November 2010 (Treehugger): China overtakes the US as most attractive country for renewable energy for the first time
- 30 November 2010 (Des Moines Register): Natural gas reserves in the U.S. have increased to their highest levels since 1971
- 29 November 2010 (ZDNet): Fujitsu touts 'green datacenter in a box'
- 24 November 2010 (Utilities-Me): Foster Wheeler wins contract to design and supply a solar steam generator system for Masdar’s 100MW Shams I concentrated solar power (CSP) plant.
- 22 November 2010 (Xinhua): China invested US$30 billion in emissions cuts from 2006 to 2010
- 22 November 2010 (The East African): Kenya on the cusp of a geothermal energy boom
- 22 November 2010 (Caribbean News Now): Nevis premier welcomes Phase II of 10MW geothermal power project
- 21 November 2010 (TechCrunch): Nlyte -- a Silicon Valley-based green IT company that provides data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software and services -- closes $12 million to help data centers last longer, use less energy
- 21 November 2010 (Think Geoenergy): Kenyan Geothermal Development Company (GDC) is commencing a new drilling programme that is to help bring down geothermal drilling cost from $6.5m to $3.5m per well
- 20 November 2010 (Otago Daily Times): Biodiesel New Zealand expects to double output from 2 million liters to 4 million liters next year
- 20 November 2010: Thermax, a Pune, India-based manufacturing company, has announced its plans to establish a geothermal power project in India with the collaboration of Reykjavik Geothermal, an Iceland-based company
- 19 November (Reuters): Manila firm, Chevron unit in $300 million geothermal deal
- 19 November 2010 (The Tyee): Why is Canada freezing out geothermal power?
- 19 November 2010 (EurActiv): Six European regions have joined Schwarzenegger in global initiative to reduce CO2 emissions called 'R20'
- 19 November 2010 (The Energy Collective): UK offshore wind ambition steps forward. £1.9 billion (US$3B) tender for 2.8GW transmission links
- 19 November 2010 (PV Tech): China's Yingli Green expects Panda photovoltaic (PV) module sales to reach 1GW in 2011
- 19 November 2010: French energy giant Total sets up new photovoltaic (PV) solar panels production line with annual capacity of 50 MW
- 19 November 2010 (BusinessWeek): Hawaii utility receives $110M loan guarantee for hydro plant & 10MW naphtha/biodiesel fueled project
- 19 November 2010 (Ethanol Producer Magazine): USDA on track to select biorefinery locations, including cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel and biobutanol
- 18 November 2010 (Renewable Energy Magazine): Busy November for Vestas, the Danish wind turbine manufacturer, with over 300 MW of contracts in US, India, Europe and Brazil
- 18 November 2010 (German Aerospace Center): Energy from the desert: "The picture is very different from Germany or the rest of Europe"
- 18 November 2010 (New York Times): Vision of green economy includes more gas-fired power, Deutsche Bank
- 18 November 2010 (PowerGen Worldwide): European Investment Bank to loan EUR500m for 500 MW solar plant in Morocco that will export part of its output to Europe
- 18 November 2010 (Today's Energy Solutions): Centrosolar Group AG, based in Munich, Germany, expands operations in Canada
- 18 November 2010 (Guardian): British energy secretary signals frustration with Treasury over green investment bank to support green energy projects
- 17 November 2010 (Grist): Don’t screw up natural gas -- cheap gas is the best near-term substitute for investment in coal-fired power plants
- 17 November 2010 (iSuppli): Germany isn’t the only country heating up Europe’s solar market. Investors turn to Italy, France and Spain for future installations
- 17 November 2010 (People's Daily): Singapore clean energy market gets US$50M investment from China into solar-biomass power generation project
- 17 November 2010: India's Tulsi Tanti, Chairman of Suzlon, whipping up fervour for wind energy in Singapore with offshore wind initiative
- 17 November 2010 (Guardian): Extreme weather forecasts: web users unite to power climate change project
- 16 November 2010 (Guardian): Businesses kick-start low carbon collaboration between UK and India to increase low carbon trade and investment
- 16 November 2010 (BBC News): Cameron downplays climate deal at Schwarzenegger event
- 16 November 2010 (Seeking Alpha): Top 3 reasons to buy China Ming Yang Wind Power
- 15 November 2010 (Bloomberg): China Guodian may invest 20 Billion Yuan in hydro, solar and wind energy projects
- 15 November 2010 (New York Times): Clean water at no cost? Just add carbon credits
- 15 November 2010: Are electric cars really better for the environment?
- 14 November 2010 (New York Times): A fight for a name — and survival — in solar market
- 13 November 2010 (The Times of India): Solar-powered Jantar Mantar shows the way
- 13 November 2010 (New York Times): As glaciers melt, science seeks data on rising seas
- 12 November 2010 (Clean Technica): China clean tech industry gets $2 billion more from GE
- 12 November 2010 (New York Times): ‘Smart’ meters draw complaints of inaccuracy
- 11 November 2010 (Wired): General Electric’s Buying 25,000 electric cars
- 11 November 2010 (Corporate Financing Week): Bullish Asian equity sentiment & wind power potential to drive interest in IPO for Huaneng unit
- 11 November 2010 (BBC News): Kenya to launch Africa's first carbon exchange
- 11 November 2010 (India Express): India explores offshore wind farms
- 10 November 2010 (China Daily): Electric cars to spark market
- 10 November 2010 (New York Times:) Opposition to power line at a fjord in Norway runs deep
- 10 November 2010 (New York Times): Setback seen for E.U. plan on biotech crops
- 9 November 2010: Socially responsible investing assets up 13 percent in current economic downturn, while overall assets increased less than 1 percent
- 9 November 2010: New green drivers of growth by George Soros and Caio Koch-Weser, Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group
- 9 November 2010 (peHUB): The three largest cleantech deals in October were Solairedirect (PV energy producer, $89M), SolarEdge Technologies ($25M) & Ice Energy ($24M)
- 9 November 2010: U.K.-based cleantech startup SenseLogix, a provider of retrofit energy reduction products, closes $1.6M Series A
- 9 November 2010 (Korea JoongAng Daily/International Herald Tribune): Toward a global green economy at the G20 by Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- 9 November 2010 (New York Times): Jump in energy demand seen by 2035
- 9 November 2010: Nova Scotia, the Canadian province, eyes venture capital fund; is ready to start the fund with part of its $30-million investment in the Nova Scotia First Fund
- 8 November 2010 (Guardian): Cleantech investments by VCs hit record levels in the first half of 2010 – $4.04 billion, narrowly beating the previous high of $4.02 billion in 2008
- 8 November 2010: Ram Power Corp. closes $160 million debt financing for the Phase II expansion of the San Jacinto-Tizate Geothermal Project in Nicaragua
- 8 November 2010 (The Guardian): Climate finance plan could break talks inertia. Our report showing how $100 billion a year can be raised for climate adaptation will help make progress towards agreement at Cancún
- 8 November 2010: Financing the green economy -- a strategy for getting towards $100 billion in funding per year by 2020 according to the co-chairs of a recent UN report on climate finance
- 8 November 2010 (New York Times): A novel tactic in climate fight gains some traction
- 8 November 2010 (Los Angeles Times): Climate scientists plan campaign against global warming skeptics
- 8 November 2010 (YubaNet): California Energy Commission awards $9.6 million for electric vehicles and biofuel projects
- 8 November 2010 (International Business Times): Paris plans to harness hydrokinetic power from small underwater turbines
- 7 November 2010 (New York Times): Cost of green power makes projects tougher sell
- 6 November 2010 (New York Times): When a rig moves in next door
- 5 November 2010: The World Bank’s Clean Technology Fund plans to invest $85 million in wind, solar and co-generation projects in South Africa
- 5 November 2010: Report of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change released
- 5 November 2010: China Energy Recovery signs $23 million contract for two waste heat energy recovery system installations in China
- 4 November 2010: Sharp acquires Recurrent Energy, a solar project developer and generating company, for $305 million in cash
- 4 November 2010: BP sees biofuel growth from U.S. grass, Brazil sugar
- 3 November 2010 (Huffington Post): Obama says climate change solutions other than cap-and-trade will be explored
- 3 November 2010 (New York Times): Solyndra, a Silicon Valley solar-panel maker, to close a factory and delay expansion
- 3 November 2010 (Yale Environment 360): California voters reject Proposition 23, an initiative to suspend climate law
- 2 November 2010 (AFP): South Korea to build US$8.2 billion offshore wind farm with capacity of 2,500 megawatts
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