Corporate Actions Spark Financing for Renewable Energy
As more corporations purchase renewable energy, especially solar and wind, financiers are responding with more and more funding for such projects. It's a virtuous cycle that looks...
China Update: Cities Transform Sludge into Clean Energy
A growing number of Chinese cities are turning wastewater sludge into clean energy, according to an in-depth new report. In our regular look at some of what's going on in the Chinese...
Battery Makers Look Down Under as Test Market
Tesla, Panasonic, Sunverge Energy and other energy companies are looking at Australia as a test market for battery storage.
ChargePoint Raises $50M Amid Growing Interest in Electric Vehicles
Former Kleiner Perkins partner Michael Linse's new investment firm takes the lead in the Series F funding round, which ChargePoint hopes will let it expand into Europe and China. Meanwhile,...
Electric Car Companies, Investors Have High Hopes for China
Internet companies are joining traditional car makers in rolling out new electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles for the fast-growing Chinese marketplace. Generous subsidies are helping...
Green Charge Networks Plans Global Energy Storage Expansion After Engie Deal
Green Charge Networks CEO Vic Shao says Engie's acquisition of his company will accelerate its growth. The firm is getting ready to raise fresh capital to fund new distributed energy...
California Makes Moves Toward Zero-Emissions Shipping Industry & Cleaner Fleets
The state's new Sustainable Freight Action Plan calls for 100,000 zero or near-zero emissions trucks, trains and ships by 2030. Meanwhile, a separate $40 million venture will see 43...
Transit Agencies Boost Purchases of Electric Buses
In both the US and China, bus manufacturers are finding growing demand for all-electric buses. We also take a look at a smattering of other sustainable transit-related links from across...
Making the Business Case For Early Stage CleanTech Investment, Deployment
Early stage cleantech developers face pitfalls that doom many nascent products from becoming commercially viable, driving the development of new financing and partnership models. Speakers...
Giving Your Building a Brain: Enlighted Brings Energy Efficiency And More
Enlighted has just raised $25M as it looks to expand its "energy savings as a service" model, which allows clients to get the company's energy sensors - and the software to help make...