http://www.econewsnet.com EcoNewsNet is a portal to the latest news and information about our environment from the innovators in the industry Copyright (c) 2008 - EcoNewsNet.com Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:00:01 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:00:01 en-us http://cleantech.com/news/5895/car-sharing-nuclear-fusion-attract Of 39 deals the Cleantech Group spotted in the past seven days, PE firm Spring Capital Asia closes a $250M fund expected to invest in cleantech, among other sectors. http://cleantech.com/news/5895/car-sharing-nuclear-fusion-attract#comments Global relevance Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:41:36 -0700 5895 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5893/n-america-weekly-ciscos-smart-grid Plus the week’s largest round of at least $50M goes to stealthy nuclear fusion technology firm Tri Alpha Energy. http://cleantech.com/news/5893/n-america-weekly-ciscos-smart-grid#comments USA Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:19:57 -0700 5893 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5892/europe-weekly-9-cleantech-venture-d http://cleantech.com/news/5892/europe-weekly-9-cleantech-venture-d#comments Advanced batteries Bio materials Bosch Closed Loop Recycling Donarbon Group EcoBag Electric/hybrid cars Energy efficiency Europe Intaque Intreso Midisolaire Natural chemistry Nexeon Oree Plaxica Solar Solar Semi Engineering Sustainable packaging Vertal Voltea Water Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:48:38 -0700 5892 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5891/asia-weekly-3-vc-investments-chinas More than $92M goes to car sharing, lithium-ion batteries, and clean transportation this week, while a China-focused venture fund announces the final close of its $250M fund. http://cleantech.com/news/5891/asia-weekly-3-vc-investments-chinas#comments Advanced batteries Anhui ActBlue Asia Bio materials Clean diesel eHi Car Rental Electric/hybrid cars Energy efficiency Goldwind NEC Risen Energy Solar Unipower Battery Wind Xiamen Changelight Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:46:32 -0700 5891 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5888/chinese-polysilicon-maker-renews-ip Of eight deals we spotted in the past week, the cleantech sector picked up funding in solar, lithium-ion batteries, and data center energy resource management. http://cleantech.com/news/5888/chinese-polysilicon-maker-renews-ip#comments Global relevance Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:25:38 -0700 5888 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5887/n-america-weekly-lumenergi-raises-1 Additional funding this week goes to data center energy resource management, while a new $100M energy and materials fund kicks off. http://cleantech.com/news/5887/n-america-weekly-lumenergi-raises-1#comments North America Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:58:11 -0700 5887 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5886/europe-weekly-peugeot-unveils-world Peugeot unveils production diesel-hybrid vehicle, while Shell and Cosan’s $12B biofuels joint venture moves a step closer. http://cleantech.com/news/5886/europe-weekly-peugeot-unveils-world#comments Advanced batteries Biofuels Electric/hybrid cars Europe Solar Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:41:42 -0700 5886 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5885/asia-weekly-daqo-refiles-100m-ipo Indian, Japanese cleantech companies receive large rounds from investors totaling $340M and Daqo New Energy refiles for its IPO on the NYSE six months after postponing it. http://cleantech.com/news/5885/asia-weekly-daqo-refiles-100m-ipo#comments Advanced batteries Asia Biomass Daqo New Energy Eko Vehicles Electric/hybrid cars Enex Moser Baer Neah Power Systems Nishi-Nippon Environmental Agency Orient Green Power Solar Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:38:14 -0700 5885 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5884/first-close-new-100m-fund-targets-c Among 22 deals we spotted in the past seven days, funding goes to grid-scale flow batteries, advanced wind turbine blades and LED lighting. http://cleantech.com/news/5884/first-close-new-100m-fund-targets-c#comments Global relevance Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:24:20 -0700 5884 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5883/n-america-weekly-thin-film-battery Plus a Colorado-based biofuels company, known for biobutanol, looks to bring in up to $150M in its IPO on the Nasdaq. http://cleantech.com/news/5883/n-america-weekly-thin-film-battery#comments North America Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:00:05 -0700 5883 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5882/asia-weekly-chinese-power-generatio Carbon consulting and LED chip manufacturing pick up investments among a slow week of deals. http://cleantech.com/news/5882/asia-weekly-chinese-power-generatio#comments Asia Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:26:42 -0700 5882 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5881/europe-weekly-french-government-lau The French government launches a new €1.35 billion package to promote cleantech, while American Superconductor and Dow participate together in the largest VC deal of the week. http://cleantech.com/news/5881/europe-weekly-french-government-lau#comments Energy efficiency Europe Geothermal Marine power Wind Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:14:03 -0700 5881 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5880/solazymes-52m-series-d-round-plus California-based algal biotechnology company looks to produce renewable oil at large scale with new financing, among 18 deals we spotted in the past seven days. http://cleantech.com/news/5880/solazymes-52m-series-d-round-plus#comments Global relevance Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:42:28 -0700 5880 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5879/asia-weekly-semileds-announces-173m Two new funds to benefit cleantech innovation, plus Japan’s Teijin acquires a U.S.-based nanostructured materials company. http://cleantech.com/news/5879/asia-weekly-semileds-announces-173m#comments Asia Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:26:23 -0700 5879 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5878/n-america-weekly-solazyme-solar-bug Samsung makes a $15M equity investment to develop nano-architected materials for the electronic and thin film solar markets this week. http://cleantech.com/news/5878/n-america-weekly-solazyme-solar-bug#comments North America Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:11:20 -0700 5878 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5877/europe-weekly-uk-leads-way-more-hal More than half of this week's deals are in the UK, with the largest VC round going to a provider of wastewater treatment technologies and services. http://cleantech.com/news/5877/europe-weekly-uk-leads-way-more-hal#comments Biofuels Energy efficiency Europe Marine power Solar Water Wind Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:29:45 -0700 5877 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5875/n-america-weekly-mas-span-lighting Plus Boston-Power bumps up its Series E round, and GM takes a minority stake in Indiana-based Bright Automotive. http://cleantech.com/news/5875/n-america-weekly-mas-span-lighting#comments North America Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:11:12 -0700 5875 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5874/summer-vc-investment-slows-chinese New funds emerge for cleantech in India, among 32 deals the Cleantech Group spotted in the past seven days. http://cleantech.com/news/5874/summer-vc-investment-slows-chinese#comments Global relevance Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:44:52 -0700 5874 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5873/asia-weekly-3-new-vcpe-funds-focuse 3 India-focused VC/PE funds have announced that they are raising and earmarking capital for various cleantech sectors such as agriculture, solar and water treatment. http://cleantech.com/news/5873/asia-weekly-3-new-vcpe-funds-focuse#comments Asia Clean coal Daikyo Electric/hybrid cars Emcore Emissions reduction Green construction Grid improvement Hanwha Chemicals Inpex Iram Technologies JGC MingYang Wind Power Technology Mitsui Nissan Solar Solarfun Trony Solar Holdings Uflex Water Wind Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:22:57 -0700 5873 at http://cleantech.com/news http://cleantech.com/news/5872/europe-weekly-siemens-basf-sharp-ac Siemens, BASF, and Sharp all announce cleantech deals, while the largest VC deal of the week goes to a a French electric vehicle company. http://cleantech.com/news/5872/europe-weekly-siemens-basf-sharp-ac#comments Electric/hybrid cars Emissions reduction Energy efficiency Energy from waste Europe Solar Wind Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:28:54 -0700 5872 at http://cleantech.com/news