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£500,000 powers Scottish wind turbine company

April 3, 2009 - by Lizette Wilson Chapman - The infusion aims to propel company’s product development and expand senior management. Full Story »

Jet Metal pulls €2.5M for clean coating technology

March 25, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - French company develops metallization process that reduces the need for chemicals and the generation of wastewater. Full Story »

Think goes Dutch

March 20, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Electric carmaker begins first shipment of Th!nk City vehicles to the Netherlands through deal with ElmoNet. Full Story »

Pelamis sinks Portugal wave-power project

March 17, 2009 - Best of the web - Technical and financing problems force consortium to remove wave-energy converters from ocean, with no return date in sight. Full Story »

Europe's Ricardo claims breakthrough in ethanol engine efficiency

February 6, 2009 - by Dallas Kachan - Company says system reaches near-diesel levels of efficiency, and reduces operational costs. Full Story »

Biofuel for €0.50 per liter?

February 3, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - German scientists claim ‘bioliq’ method can produce cheap biofuel by 2012. Full Story »

SunEdison expands in Germany, Italy with acquisition

January 22, 2009 - by Dallas Kachan - Deal adds 38 MW of projects to SunEdison's portfolio. Full Story »

Solar with 41-percent efficiency?

January 16, 2009 - Best of the web - German scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute say they've broken the world record with concentrated solar and plan to bring it to market soon. Full Story »

'Mittelstand' drives Germany's cleantech boom

January 9, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Marko Maschek of Pinova Capital talks about why Germany's unique cleantech companies are increasingly attractive during the financial crisis. 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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