Innovation

New Products+Startups

Pike: 73 Million Smart Meters Shipped in ‘11

Summary:

A new Pike Research report provides detailed analysis of worldwide utility smart grid and smart meter programs and an examination of technologies and vendor market share analysis.

Denmark Leads Global Clean Tech Innovation Race

March 22, 2012

A global index developed by research firm Cleantech Group reveals that Denmark has created a home where clean tech companies are most likely to thrive, ahead of such places as the...

Primus Green Energy Gets $12mm Investment

March 22, 2012

Primus, a N.J. based renewable gas developer, received a $12mm investment from Israeli based IC Green Energy Ltd., and expects to raise up to $100mm this year.

Fundings+Deals

Clean Edge: Clean Energy Trends 2012

Summary:

Over the next 10 years, Clean Edge predicts that venture capital investments in wind and biofuel industries will grow to $385.8 billion. Clean Edge also identified 5 key trends that it thinks will greatly affect clean energy markets in the coming years.

New Products+Startups

Cleantech Group: Global Cleantech Innovation Index 2012

Summary:

Denmark, followed by Israel, Sweden, Finland and the US provide the best conditions today for clean technology start-up creation, according to the first Global Cleantech Innovation Index.

New DOE Grants Back Battery, Biofuel Research

February 23, 2012

The U.S. DOE is investing $120 million to advance research in batteries and $3.8 million to study the potential of fast growing grass species as a direct source of fuel.

How Seaweed will Fuel Latin American Transport

January 27, 2012

Berkeley, Calif.-based Bio Architecture Lab Inc., a company that transforms seaweed into biofuels, will open a pilot plant in Chile.

New Report: DOE Highlights Huge “Wave Power” Potential

January 27, 2012

A new DOE report says that waves off California’s 1,100-mile coastline could generate more than 140 terawatt hours of electricity a year, enough to power 14 million homes.

New Products+Startups

McKinsey: Five Energy Technologies to Watch

Summary:

This McKinsey article describes five technologies that could start arriving in earnest by 2020 or so: grid-scale storage, digital-power conversion, compressorless air conditioning and electrochromic windows, clean coal, and electrofuels and new biofuels.

Car Makers Stay Ahead of Curve with New Models

January 17, 2012

Despite lackluster sales, hybrids and electric cars were a dominant part of the scene at Detroit’s auto show.