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Showa Shell to spend $1.1B for third solar cell factory

September 8, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Japan’s fifth-largest oil company is looking to boost its solar cell business to 1 GW annually at a site acquired from Hitachi. Full Story »

Kentucky lures EV maker

September 4, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Global Green Cars is looking to scale production of its plug-in vehicles with a new facility capable of making 30,000 cars and trucks annually. Full Story »

Vattenfall, Danish university team on bio-oil demo plant

September 4, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Swedish energy giant and Aalborg University look to test startup’s Catliq conversion process for use in combined heat and power plants. Full Story »

Cleantech investors return from summer hiatus

September 3, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Khosla Ventures closes $1.1 billion for two cleantech-focused funds, while solar takes a chunk of this week's venture capital financing. Details of this, plus we spot 31 deals in the last seven days. Full Story »

Fulcrum BioEnergy claims proof of waste-to-ethanol tech

September 2, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - California startup plans to begin building its $120 million commercial facility in 2010, with expected production of 120 gallons of ethanol from each ton of municipal waste. Full Story »

New Generation Biofuels faces Nasdaq delisting

August 28, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Florida biofuels company faces Sept. 10 deadline to give officials a plan to become compliant with listing requirements. Full Story »

Northwest Renewable trades corn-ethanol for biomass

August 28, 2009 - Best of the web - Subsidiary of U.S. Ethanol announces plans for 24-MW biomass power plant, scrapping the three-year effort to build a corn-ethanol plant in Washington because of unfavorable economics. Full Story »

Cleantech patents on an upward curve

August 27, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Fuel cell technology emerges as the top category of 274 new alternative energy-related patents filed in the second quarter of 2009.  Full Story »

Does Think's revival signal cleantech's recovery?

August 27, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Electric vehicle startup exits court protection, raising $47 million in equity and making plans to manufacture alongside Fisker Automotive. Details of this, plus we spot 25 deals in the last week. Full Story »

Waste Management takes stake in waste-to-fuel startup Terrabon

August 26, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - North America's leading waste company joins refining giant Valero Energy in support of Houston-based Terrabon's MixAlco technology to convert municipal solid waste into fuel and potable water. Full Story »
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