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Investors Look to Asia for Returns on Solar, Smart Grid Projects

May 11, 2015

Leaders from the World Bank, FMO, Asia Climate Partners, and Armstrong Asset Management discuss opportunities for private equity and project investing in Asia’s clean tech market....

India’s Smart Cities, Green Buildings Present Opportunities for Cleantech Firms

May 12, 2015

India is investing $16 billion over a five-year period to develop 100 smart cities and rejuvenating another 500.

Regulatory News Roundup: Hawaii Legislature Passes 100% Renewable Energy Goal

May 12, 2015

Portman's energy efficiency bill signed into law; $35 billion bill passed for Energy Department, water projects.

Tesla Battery Orders Exceed Expectations at $800M Driven by Homeowners

May 13, 2015

“The sheer volume of demand here is just staggering.” And firms such as Fronius, SunRun, LicthBlick, SolarEdge, and EnerNoc are partnering with Tesla to incorporate its new battery...

BNEF’s Liebreich: China, India to Drive Clean Energy Investments

April 23, 2015

China and India will make massive investments in clean energy projects over the next decade-plus, and that bodes well for the future of the industry. We're also not far from the time...

At $51B, Global Clean Energy Spending Falls 15% in Q1 2015

April 23, 2015

In the U.S., clean energy spending was up 2%, but China and Europe were both down significantly. The big country gainer was South Africa and waste-to-energy sector investment was up...

News Roundup: China Opens Up Bond Market for Cleantech, Environmental Projects

April 23, 2015

Apple to build two solar plants in China; Bill Gates, Google back new battery technologies; GE sells first lithium ion batteries to Con Edison; Stanford’s fast, cheap, safe aluminum-ion...

Resource Productivity Innovation is the "Next Industrial Revolution”

April 3, 2015

We’ve captured the most important investment themes in corporate sustainability from twelve major corporations and investors, including: 3M, BASF, Monsanto, Thermo Fisher Scientific,...

Corporate Venture Groups Seek Partnerships, then Investments

April 2, 2015

Executives representing the venture groups of four of the world’s largest corporations and conglomerates—in waste management, automotive, biotech and agriculture—participated...

Cleantech, Sustainability News Roundup

April 2, 2015

Clean energy loans from US Gov’t Resume with $259M for Alcoa; Samsung partners with ABB to develop battery storage for microgrids; New waste-to-energy plants break ground in N.C....