Innovation

Entrepreneurs in China, the world’s largest energy user, are looking beyond traditional clean energy sources like wind turbines and solar panels to niche technologies.

Some of cleantech’s most promising young startups share “lessons learned” from their experiences raising venture funding, and offer some advice to the venture community.

Energy storage company LightSail Energy's new funding was led by Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, and included Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures.

The U.S. National Research Council said algae biofuel is not sustainable and likely not ready to supply even a small fraction of U.S. fuel needs.

A surge in larger deals, marked by average late-stage deal size rising from $4.5 million to $12 million in 2011, is helping commercialization of key water technologies, says Lux Research.

For six years, energy storage company Xtreme Power and wind energy company First Wind have partnered to overcome challenges associated with the power grid.

VC deal flow and corporate investment focused on water innovation in extractive industries has accelerated, with most activity taking place in North America and the number of deals expected to rise, according to a report by London Environmental Investors Forum.

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a hotbed of energy storage and battery research, where its looking at underlying gaps in performance. Its partnership with the California...

Investors believe that the “clean web” is driving innovation and providing a needed boost to the industry overall.

Harvest Power, a start-up that coverts organic waste to energy, has raised $110 million in a Series C round.