Energy efficiency

Panning for gold between industry and science

Interesting nuggets remain to be found in last quarter's cleantech venture data.

For instance, as a percentage of early stage deals done in last quarter's cleantech venture data (3Q09), alternative energy ventures—in particular solar, followed by energy efficiency and materials—received the largest share of early stage venture deals done.

This tells us a few things when compared to this quarter’s main investment trends:

India, EU lead the week’s agribusiness investments

November 5, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Agriculture’s funding streak continues with five deals, including a $365M acquisition. Details of this, plus 31 deals we spotted in the past seven days. Full Story »

How cleantech fits into Middle East, N. Africa desal needs

November 2, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Energy recovery technologies, including nuclear and solar energy based desalination, are expected to offer solutions for the growing market. Full Story »

U.S. ag industry increasing use of renewables

November 2, 2009 - Best of the web - Farmers are taking advantage of incentives to implement alternative energy projects, with the USDA increasing the number of projects it’s backing for fiscal year 2009. Full Story »

Wasteless water device latest invention from Creaholic

October 30, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - A low water hand scrubber, portable membrane filter and Fiat with electric and combustion engine are just a few of a design firm's latest creations. Full Story »

I'd like fries with that

October 30, 2009 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"It’s a little bit like McDonald's."
— Endress+Hauser Director of Marketing Jorg Herwig on his company's consistency of sensor manufacturing (story »)

Mecana’s mission: reusable water, energy efficiency and cloth filters

October 29, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Swiss wastewater treatment company has been serving municipal, commercial and industrial sectors since 1989, but it's not looking to expand. Full Story »

New ag deals make it a sector to watch

October 29, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Mobile precision agriculture networking tech and organic Chinese fertilizer were among the 27 cleantech deals Cleantech Group saw in the past seven days. Full Story »

Endress+Hauser tests pilot projects with wireless flow meters

October 28, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Swiss company's subsidiary Flowtec aims to lower energy consumption and automate processes for its customers with smart sensing technology. Full Story »

Swiss power electronics firm set for wind growth in China

October 27, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - IDS is projecting a revenue increase of 10 to 30 percent for 2010 from its converter technology used in the renewable energy market. Full Story »
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