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Lockheed Martin Rides Energy Innovation Wave

September 19, 2014

The company is giving significant attention to the energy market now, says its v.p. of strategic ventures. We look at their investments and partnerships to reveal Lockheed's focus,...

Energy Storage Innovation Captures Attention of Investors

September 19, 2014

Although concerns persist, new business models around distributed storage and software and developments in flow batteries are peaking investor's interest.

Chinese Demand Action on Environment, Sparking Investment and Policies

September 19, 2014

Pollution is now the leading cause of social unrest in China, sparked by major environmental disasters such as the "airpocalypse”, which is driving the government to take big steps...

Client Demand Drives Morgan Stanley To Add Impact Investing Portfolios

September 19, 2014

Seeing a huge wave of interest from clients, Morgan Stanley joins other prominent wealth managers in offering environmental and social impact investment products to its wealthy clients....

Hudson Clean Energy Partners Raises $90M for Solar

September 19, 2014

Hudson closed a $90M credit facility from an existing LP in its flagship fund to provide growth capital for its solar portfolio holdings; Element Power, Silicor Materials, and SoloPower...

Geothermal Gets a Big Push in France

September 19, 2014

170K homes in Paris are getting their heat from geothermal wells, being home to the world’s second-largest concentration of geothermal wells after Iceland and GDF Suez plans to launch...

A Commercial Catalyst in Silicon Valley Hunts for Urban Sustainability Solutions

September 5, 2014

Prospect Silicon Valley, a new accelerator in San Jose, CA., aims to accelerate the path to market for technologies that address the problems that urban centers are grappling with....

The 9 Most Innovative Energy Storage Projects

September 6, 2014

Selected by the Energy Storage North America advisory board, the active energy storage projects were broken down into 3 categories that include: utility scale, customer sited, and...

Early Stage Cleantech VCs Love New York… Know Why?

August 29, 2014

New York’s cleantech startup scene was on full display during a recent big industry pitch contest, attracting investors looking for their next home run. We run down the hottest NY-based...

Cleantech’s Investing Pulse Remains Strong in Distributed Generation, Data Analytics & Social Impact

August 29, 2014

Prolific VCs Rob Day and Josh Green and family office investors Eagle Cliff Partners and Prelude Ventures reveal key trends and where they are finding opportunities in cleantech’s...