Renewables

Cleantech & Resource Efficiency Fundings & Deals Roundup

August 29, 2014

Nuclear energy tech fundings getting hot; Hefty VCs dump $8M into Enevo for waste collection sensoring; Green & Grow absorbs $6M for organic gardening; 3M zaps $5M into Smart Energy...

New Fundings: PACE Financing Company Ygrene Energy Fund Raises $30M

August 19, 2014

Founders Fund invests $2M in Transatomic Power; Suntech invests $25M in Powin Energy; Cathay Pacific Airways invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy; U.S. gov't invests $55M in EV, fuel efficiency...

New Fundings: Beyond Meat Raises Series D Round, Its Largest Yet

August 2, 2014

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...

This Week's CleanTech Industry News: $1.94B Sale of Waste-To-Energy Business Wheelabrator Technologies

August 2, 2014

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...

BNEF Forecasts Big Global Investment in Clean Energy, with Eyes on Asia and Africa

July 11, 2014

Globally, $5.1 trillion is forecasted to be invested in clean energy technologies through 2030, according to Bloomberg, with half of that amount coming from Asia. Small-scale solar...

The Clean Tech Investor Elite Are Choosing in Favor of AgTech Market

May 7, 2014

Portland Oregon-based startup HoneyComb was the top choice for investors from Khosla Ventures, Claremont Creek, Chrysalix and other VCs for its drone-powered agricultural surveying...

Fossil Fuels Battle Renewables in the State

May 7, 2014

Fossil fuel interests are pushing state lawmakers to repeal power plant regulations and other clean energy measures, but advocates for renewable energy are using their rising political...

Bloomberg New Energy Finance: Q1 Clean Tech Investment Up, Sign of Possible Rebound

April 23, 2014

BNEF’s Michael Liebreich outlines the key drivers of clean energy global growth.

Energy Experts Weigh-in On Future of Climate Policy

March 1, 2014

An all-star panel of experts from the DOE, Alstom Grid, AEE, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Environmental Defense Fund offered their assessment of the promise and challenges facing clean...

BNEF’s Liebreich: 2014 Will Be Turning Point for Clean Energy Investment

February 10, 2014

That clean energy must ultimately replace traditional forms of energy will become the mainstream view this year, says Liebreich, who predicts investment will reach $300B this year,...