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Does Think's revival signal cleantech's recovery?

August 27, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Electric vehicle startup exits court protection, raising $47 million in equity and making plans to manufacture alongside Fisker Automotive. Details of this, plus we spot 25 deals in the last week. Full Story »

Report says geothermal is leaving wind, solar in the dust

August 25, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Geothermal is the cheapest source of alternative electricity and shows the fastest improvement per dollar invested, according to a study from NYU. Full Story »

Turkey's Ünmaksan taps Langlee for $167M wave-power plant

August 24, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Norwegian wave energy developer plans to deploy a pilot in 2010, followed by a 24-MW commercial facility. Full Story »

Meridian Energy gets into solar, acquiring Cleantech America

August 20, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - State-owned energy giant acquires California-based utility-scale photovoltaic solar developer as it looks to bring solar to New Zealand. Full Story »

Startup squeezing energy from waves, no grid required

August 19, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Resolute Marine Energy is one of 27 cleantech companies the Cleantech Group spotted in the past week looking to raise money. Find out more in this Pitch o’ the week. Full Story »

Beyond prices at peak oil: $20 per gallon

August 14, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - SUV plants shut down, the airline industry collapses, public transportation is revitalized and farms go local as gas prices skyrocket, predicts Forbes writer Christopher Steiner in a new book. Full Story »

Solar falls off the VC radar, but IPOs heat up

August 13, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - A week goes by without a single announced venture capital investment in solar, but cleantech companies plan five IPOs, with three in China. Details of this, plus we spot 28 deals in the last seven days. Full Story »

Italy’s largest PV plant goes live

August 10, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Electric utility Enel's newest solar plant is expected to generate more than 7 million kilowatt hours per year, enough for the power needs of 2,700 households. Full Story »

Buyers go overboard in NHPC’s oversubscribed IPO

August 7, 2009 - Best of the web - India's largest hydropower producer gets more than it bargained for, with investment demand likely to put the deal at the top of its price band. Full Story »

Canadian Solar, Guodian Power sign PV JV

August 7, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - New agreement puts Beijing power generation company on track to achieve 510 megawatts of installed photovoltaic capacity in China by 2012. Full Story »
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