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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 »

Is biomass worse than fossil fuels?

April 14, 2009 - Best of the web - Planting energy crops could produce more carbon dioxide emissions than burning the fossil fuels being replaced, according to the UK's Environment Agency. Full Story »

Air India fuel-efficiency push saves $9M

April 14, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Savings over 6 months come from optimized flying techniques and weight reductions in airplanes. Full Story »

UAE: The future of cleantech?

April 10, 2009 - Exclusive - The United Arab Emirates is emerging as one of the biggest markets for cleantech, thanks to a massive carbon footprint and skyrocketing energy demand, says Robert Pardi of Evolvence Capital.

New device for capturing kinetic energy from vehicles?

April 6, 2009 - by Lizette Wilson Chapman - Motion energy technology fails to move company’s penny stock. Full Story »

You say Calera, I say Caldeira

It's more than a battle of namesake between Vinod Khosla investment Calera (not to be confused with Caldera, which bought parts of Linux vendor SCO) and scientist Ken Caldeira; it's an accusation of fraud and misrepresentation… to children!

Sparked by a new exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences detailing the controversial Calera process, the conveniently confusingly-named Caldeira, a Carnegie Institution scientist who has studied this exact process, started a Google Groups discussion challenging the scientific claims of the exhibit.

MIT: Alarming energy use in emerging industries

March 27, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Solar sector is among the culprits using drastically more energy and materials than traditional manufacturing, says new study. Full Story »

Early-stage tech dominates week's cleantech deals

March 26, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Investors are cautious with spending, making small investments in a number of early-stage startups. Details of this, and we spot 26 deals this week. Full Story »
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