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Cambridge Associates, a global institutional investment advisor, launched a quarterly report to evaluate the company-level performance of venture capital and private equity investments...
The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act was reintroduced to help investors lower the cost of capital for renewable-energy projects and put more institutional capital into play....
After peaking in Q2 2010, VC investments in smart grid have slowed down considerably, and continue to amble along with no clear direction, says Mercom Capital Group. “Silver Spring Networks’ long awaited IPO was the lone highlight in an otherwise slow quarter” said Mercom’s CEO. The two top deals were Cylance and Sentient Energy, both raising $15 million, with grid optimization firms getting the most funding in the quarter. There were four M&A transactions in Q1.
A purported $1 trillion market opportunity, waste and recycling innovation is a hot topic with strategic and private equity investors from Silver Lake, Dow Chemical and Waste Management....
The U.S. DOE lays out the technologies that could power the next renewables boom
Although China emerged as the leader in 2012, South Africa’s clean energy investment grew the fastest, followed by Mexico and Turkey.
European targets for adding fuel made from crops to gasoline will cost UK motorists $2 billion per year, says Chatham House. The think tank also argues that biofuels are actually worse for the climate than fossil fuels.
A report by the International Energy Agency says emissions have not even been cut 1% since 1990.
Major clean energy breakthroughs are just around the corner, says Crane, who’s betting on distributed solar and new in-home natural gas “gizmos” to disrupt the utility model.