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Top Investment Themes for Sustainable Infrastructure Financiers

January 24, 2017

CleanTechIQ has been speaking to bankers, investors, project developers and other experts to learn exactly where that money is going to go this year, and what type of distributed,...

Fundings Analysis: How the Internet of Things is Intersecting with Clean Tech

December 16, 2016

Major interest in the Internet of Things is broadening out the clean tech sector to “capital light” models, attracting funding from large corporations, and spurring traditional...

Siemens to Build ‘Urban Sustainability Hub’ in Chinese Smart City

September 16, 2016

A related trio of recent conferences in Singapore -- on water, cleaning technologies and smart cities -- brought a wealth of information about new deals, technology advancements, and...

Inst’l Investor Appetite for Clean Tech, Impact Investing Grows

August 31, 2016

Big institutional investors and foundations are stepping up their commitments to sustainable investing and clean tech, creating new sources of capital for startups, developers and...

Wind Industry Makes Strides with Massive Project, Efficiency Gains

August 31, 2016

Dong Energy’s $8 billion offshore wind project was recently approved in the U.K. And greater turbine performance and cost declines is sparking further wind energy deployment in the...

Tax Credits, Storage, Community Solar and More Push Green Financing in 2016

July 22, 2016

CleanTechIQ attended the REFF- Wall Street conference in late June, where we learned about early stage project financing opportunities and the key technologies attracting interest...

IPOs, Funding Rounds and More: Dong Energy Floats Europe’s Biggest IPO of 2016

June 17, 2016

We take a look at the latest funding deals, equity offerings and bond issuances from around the world including: Axine Water's fundraising plans, Westpac's $360M green bond, Axis Bank's...

Electric Car Companies, Investors Have High Hopes for China

May 16, 2016

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...

Making the Business Case For Early Stage CleanTech Investment, Deployment

April 9, 2016

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...

Norwegian Oil Company Launches $200M VC Fund for Cleantech Investments

March 15, 2016

Statoil's new fund just invested $3 million into a New York wind company and plans dozens more in sectors like solar, energy storage, and transportation. The Norwegian oil company's...