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Taking a giant leap toward more and more reliable renewable power, nine European countries are joining forces with a plan to spend billions on new transmission lines connecting Norwegian hydroelectric projects, German solar arrays, British wind farms and more...
Nordic Windpower, a Berkeley, Calif. maker of lightweight, two-blade wind turbines for renewable energy generation, has just raised $12.06 million of an anticipated $30.15 million round of equity, according to a filing with the SEC...
C3, a secretive company working on a new way to gauge carbon emissions footprints, has brought in $26 million of an anticipated $43.4 million third round of venture funding, according to a filing with the SEC...
Last January, VentureBeat ran a story listing 30 electric car companies poised to make a splash over the next couple of years.That post went on to become one of the most popular in the history of this web site, racking up 189 comments...
It was a big year for cleantech. After a dismal start in the first quarter, things picked up, leaving it in prime position to be one of the largest areas of investment in 2010. Overall, 2009 saw 356 deals totaling $4.85 billion, according to a new report released by Greentech Media...
The Carbon Trust, a United Kingdom-based nonprofit set up by the British government, has awarded $720,000 to fund new lighting technology that could lower your power bill and carbon footprint in the next few years...
TheU.S. Department of Energy has finally made good on its threat to take its label off of certain refrigerators made by Korean giant LG Electronics. The move is indicative of the DOE’s new, tougher approach to energy efficiency standards and certification. ...
California is poised to meet its lofty renewable energy goals — at least on paper. Right now, 200 renewable energy products totaling 70 gigawatts of energy are under consideration in the state. ...
Palo Alto, Calif.-based venture capital firm Pacific Lake Partners is still looking to raise $35 million for a rather interesting new fund. The fund will specifically target young entrepreneurs looking to buy and turn around other people’s startups — a fairly uncommon approach for investors. Th...
The Fresno Nuclear Energy Group andAreva have signed a letter of intent to build nuclear reactors in California’s Central Valley. Areva is proposing to build its EPR reactor somewhere in Fresno County, possibly beginning construction in 2017. ...
Little over a week since Copenhagen’s spectacular failure to battle global warming, China — one of the lead culprits — is trying to boost its image with a new law upping the use of renewable sources of energy. But, as many suspect, it seems to be too little too late. The ...
Here we are in the dead of winter, but the most interesting snowflake around is actually all about the sun.A new technology, called the snowflake solar cell, has just debuted and is said to be 100 times more efficient than traditional solar modules...
If there was one breakout business within the cleantech sector this year, it was the Smart Grid...
Panasonic is charging into the green space headlong — first with deals to supply batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles — and now announcing that it will launch a massive lithium-ion storage battery capable of powering an average home for up to a week, the company says. Th...
Amazon — in the midst of its busiest time of year — has announced a partnership with EPEAT, an organization that ranks electronics based on how “green” they are, assigning devices status from bronze to gold. This s...
