BNEF says $2.5B invested in energy storage and EV batteries in 1H '14; new flywheel and compressed air energy storage project developments; Stanford and Steven Chu's pure lithium anode...

Inventys closes round to fund deployment of carbon capture; Green Charge Networks secures $56M for energy storage; pressure monitoring startup WheelRight secures $4M; DOE Grants to...

Cleantech entrepreneurs need to be re-categorized; family offices and foundations are focused on solving problems; community owned solar peaking investor’s interest.

MIT’s new graphene sponge material creates low cost solar powered steam; GE’s new fuel cell breakthrough; New carbon capture project developments in Kentucky and Texas.

Biofuels will make up 6.1 percent of the United States' aviation and marine fuel market and generate $7.8 billion in revenue by 2024, according a report by Navigant Research. Growth will be driven by a need to hedge rising fuel costs, comply with new emissions regulations, and energy security and combat readiness concerns. Aircraft manufacturers, turbine engine manufacturers, and commercial airlines have partnered in flying more than 600,000 miles powered by biofuels since 2008.

Smart buildings startup CrowdComfort raises $344K of a $1.5M round; Solar thin-film company Solexel moves toward commercial production with $31M; Natural pesticide company TyraTech...

Efficiency financing provider gets $50M; MTPV Power raises a $11.2M Series B; Sewage-to-fertilizer startup nabs $7.3M in seed funding; Mass. Clean Energy Center ramps up grants for...

This August, Toronto-based Hydrostor plans to sink several large balloon-like bags into Lake Ontario to demonstrate its energy storage technology.

Vehicle plug-ins and transportation applications will spark a big increase in demand for energy storage over the next several years, according to a report by Lux Research.

The U.S. and China led the increase, with a 41% rise in rooftop solar investment and a 33% increase in venture investment in Q2.