Newsletter

NRG’s acquisition of Goal Zero shines a light on key trends in portable solar charging, and where NRG is making investments in disruptive clean energy technologies.

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...

The new fund is a partnership between the Asian Development Bank, ORIX, and Robeco and will invest in cleantech, resource efficiency, agriculture, and water startups across Asia.

First micro grid powered solely by solar + battery storage in VT; $625M smart grid upgrade in Illinois; new waste-to-energy projects break ground globally.

The United States currently has 2,000 sites producing biogas, and more than 1,000 additional biogas sites could be deployed with proper support, according to a new report.

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

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...

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...

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.

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.