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Total funding into the wind sector was $3.5 billion in Q2 2013, with the IFC investing in the most deals this quarter with three. There was $210 million invested in four venture capital deals as compared to $16 million in three deals in Q1. There were 36 project acquisition transactions accounting for a disclosed total of $2.1 billion in Q2 and 53 total YTD, compared to 72 in all of 2012. And six M&A transactions in Q2 accounted for $328 million.

Threatened by the growth of distributed solar, utilities are striking back with a PR effort that essentially paints residential solar panel users as energy freeloaders.

In the ever-shifting ranking of the most promising areas of cleantech, Aaron Mandell names the top three that hold huge opportunities for ambitious entrepreneurs.

A breakdown of PwC’s MoneyTree quarterly report on VC investments, fundraising, and trends in cleantech and corporate VC deals.

The Senate Armed Services committee grills Naval energy affairs nominee Dennis McGinn about the Navy’s costly renewable energy programs.

The launch of a test center in New York will commercialize new storage solutions just in time for FERC Order 784, a big step forward for grid storage.

While backing for master-limited partnerships (MLPs) for renewable energy companies grows stronger every day, the financing mechanism faces an uphill battle in Congress.

Cleantech investors gathered in Midtown Manhattan to hear about—and potentially pounce on—cleantech’s Next Big Thing.

New promising storage technologies such as flywheels, ultracapacitors and flow batteries have recently won funding and are seeking more.

The report calls for energy infrastructure upgrades and innovation in areas such as energy efficient buildings, industrial water use, and dry cooling technologies.