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Second time’s a charm for STR Holdings’ IPO?

October 22, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Connecticut-based solar encapsulant manufacturer looks to break U.S. solar IPO dry spell, plus we spot 15 deals in the past seven days. Full Story »

IPO flood or not?

Risk aversion to investing in cleantech is starting to change and improve, but we’re not about to see a wave of IPOs in the sector anytime soon.

Or at least that was the consensus today from venture capital and private equity folks at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum-West conference in San Francisco. And while the primarily Silicon Valley-based panel had opinions that differed at times, they all agreed they have one thing in common: Their names are hard to pronounce.

Biggest energy efficiency deal of '09 goes to Serious Materials

September 22, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Silicon Valley-based company brings in $60 million in venture capital to further develop next-gen green building products. Full Story »

Suniva closes a whopping $75M Series C round

July 27, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Atlanta-based firm expects to complete 64-MW production line this summer for high-efficiency silicon solar cells. Full Story »

SolFocus expands Greece CPV plans to 10 MW

March 9, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - More than 100 distributed solar thermal generation projects are estimated to collectively be worth more than $100 million to SolFocus. Full Story »

Nuclear's biggest problem? Not enough scientists

February 26, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - U.S. scientists, Indian corporates and UK officials say the nuclear renaissance is coming. If you want to make big bucks, start building components now. Full Story »

What’s on your cleantech innovation wish list?

February 25, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Leaders of the scientific community talk about what needs to happen—and the little-known work already being done—in the cleantech sector. Full Story »

Total grows solar push with $45M funding to Konarka

December 15, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - Companies plan to partner on R&D in bioplastics and solar as both expand product lines. Full Story »

German government invests €2.5M in OPV research

December 2, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - Konarka Technologies spearheads the consortium, which aims to extend the life of organic solar photovoltaics. Full Story »
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