News Nuggets: Trump Trumped on Wind Farm

March 29, 2013

Vista’s New Waste to Energy Plant; 2 Sexy EVs; Mascoma’s strange IPO Saga; Can Europe rescue cap-and-trade?; IMF: Fossil Fuels Squander Subsidies.

People Moves in Cleantech

March 29, 2013

Atlantic Power Taps New COO; PwC Names U.S. Cleantech Chief; Alta Ventures Hires New Partner; Solar Headquarters Set to Expand; Industry Awards from WSJ, Facebook, EPA; Green Jobs...

There’s Money in the Water Technology Market

March 29, 2013

8 Experts, 2 Panels, 1 Conclusion: Water investments are about to pay off.

$60 Mil in New DOE Clean Energy Fundings

March 28, 2013

The fundings will go toward the development of technologies that shift cars and trucks off oil and energy efficient manufacturing.

New Russian VC Fund Invests in IT and Cleantech

March 28, 2013

The fund will seek to invest $25,000 to $20 million in three-to-five seed stage companies per year across the globe.

KKR Raising $1.5 Bil for New Energy Fund

March 28, 2013

The fund plans to take advantage of the shale boom in the U.S.

U.S. Gov't Continues Support of Cleantech Through Various Programs

March 28, 2013

New and established government programs will endure to fund cleantech startups, even as stimulus funding dries up. Which ones should early stage cleantech investors be familiar with?

Nest Labs: Is Innovation Your Company’s DNA?

March 28, 2013

Successful innovation only looks obvious in hindsight. Nest founder Matt Rogers discusses how to innovate when it’s hard.

Westly Group Confident With New $160M Cleantech Fund

March 22, 2013

Three large investors in the fund include Citi, the German utility E.ON and the SK Group of South Korea.

BNEF: Clean Energy Reserves On Par With Fossil Fuels

March 22, 2013

The analysis found in the new report will give investors a more consistent way to assess the long-term value of the sector.