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Cash shortage? Not in wind

June 18, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Investors flock to wind, as four companies eye more than $800 million in funding. Details of this, plus we spot 36 deals in the past week. Full Story »

Sainsbury's extends kinetic energy systems to UK store

June 16, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Road plates installed by Highway Energy Systems in the parking lot of a Gloucester grocery store are expected to produce 30 kW of clean energy an hour. Full Story »

Biorefineries alive and well, say experts

June 12, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Next-generation fuel technologies using biotech are finally coming of age, say leading executives in the field. Full Story »

Beijing meets water, waste goals from Olympics

June 9, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Report from the United Nations shows the city’s drinking water treatment plants meet China’s new water quality standards and WHO guidelines. Full Story »

Chery Auto drives China’s week of cleantech domination

June 4, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - China’s largest automaker brings in $425 million in private equity, while a Beijing-based water play heads to the NYSE looking for liquidity, plus we spot 59 deals in the last seven days. Full Story »

India opens first energy biosciences center

June 2, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Mumbai's new center focuses on lessening the country's dependence on petroleum fuels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Full Story »

GasTechno touts one-step process for liquid methanol

June 2, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Michigan-based startup is one of 15 companies the Cleantech Group spotted in the past week looking to raise money. Find out more in the Pitch o’ the week. Full Story »

Holy cow! A pie-powered dairy farm?

Pacific Gas & Electric isn’t going to the dogs; it’s going to the cows. And rather than causing a ruining effect the ol’ saying implies, PG&E says it’s going to have a greening one.

The San Francisco-based utility (NYSE:PCG) launched a cow-powered contract today with renewable energy company California Bioenergy for its first greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reductions from a dairy farm. The investment is intended to yield 75,000 metric tons of verifiable GHG emission reductions.

SmartHeat signs $3M waste-heat deal for Inner Mongolia

May 29, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - News comes as SmartHeat acquires assets of Siping, one of the largest makers of plate-heat exchangers in China. Full Story »

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 »
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