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Energy efficiency rules week's cleantech roost

May 28, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Five startups secure $32 million for efficiency plays in manufacturing, lighting and solar. Details of this, plus we spot 40 deals in the last seven days. Full Story »

Huaneng Power’s wind farm gets OK from regulators

May 22, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Nearly 200 MW wind power project is slated for China’s Gansu Province with the RMB 2 billion price tag being funded through equity capital and loans. Full Story »

Vestas raises $1B, SunPower $400M in new share offerings

April 30, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - The wind and solar giants weren’t the only public companies offering up new shares this week. Details of this, and we spot 44 deals this week. Full Story »

UK: No new coal without CCS

April 28, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Standards for new plants increase over time, reaching 100 percent of emissions captured by 2025. Full Story »

Cleantech upgrades the industrial sector

April 23, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Three companies with technologies to reduce energy use and emissions from existing industries pulled $86 million this week. Details of this, and we spot 35 deals in the last seven days. Full Story »

China Huaneng plans clean-coal export to U.S.

April 20, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - State-owned power giant plans two-stage pulverized coal pressure gasification technology for 150 MW Pennsylvania facility. Full Story »

Cleantech calls on Uncle Sam this week

April 16, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Local and federal governments in the U.S. inject $863 million in cash and incentives into the cleantech sector, plus details of 46 deals we spotted this week. Full Story »

Did he take up space in school?

April 14, 2009 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"Coal and nuclear plants are just a fancy way of boiling water."
— Solaren CEO Gary Spirnak on his planned space-based solar array, for which California's PG&E just signed a power purchase agreement (story »)

Solaren's plan from outer space

April 13, 2009 - by Robert Mullins - Startup tells Cleantech Group it is seeking billions to fund a solar power from space project for California utility Pacific Gas and Electric. Full Story »

Carbonscape proposes CCS by microwaving plants

March 16, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Kiwi startup touts proprietary process that turns biomass into charcoal to be buried underground to store carbon for millennia. Full Story »
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