Charles Morand The DOE made public earlier today the amount of money that will awarded to clean power projects in lieu of the usual tax breaks: $3 billion. This will allow project proponents to receive a direct cash grant now instead of a … [Read more...]
Venture capital investment in cleantech bounces back in Q2
Investment in the clean technology sector bounced back in the second quarter of 2009, following two consecutive quarterly declines according to preliminary results released by The Cleantech Group. The turnround was lead by the transportation sector … [Read more...]
VCs Expect Slow Recovery, But Cleantech Remains a Bright Spot
While cleantech investment appears to be on the rebound, it's clear the recession isn't over yet. Mark Jensen, managing partner for the venture capital services group at Deloitte & Touche, said Wednesday that about half of the largest venture-capital … [Read more...]
Chery Auto drives China’s week of cleantech domination
China’s largest automaker brings in $425 million in private equity, while a Beijing-based water play heads to the NYSE looking for liquidity, plus we spot 59 deals in the last seven days. Read more.... … [Read more...]
Cleantech Open Calls for Business Plan Entries by Northwest Contestants
PNW CTO call for entries deadline is 30 May 2009. Read more.... … [Read more...]
Cleantech upgrades the industrial sector
Three companies with technologies to reduce energy use and emissions from existing industries pulled $86 million this week. Details of this, and we spot 35 deals in the last seven days. Read more.... … [Read more...]
Cleantech ‘angel network of networks’ goes global
Kuwait Petroleum, CalCEF and Keiretsu team up for cleantech-focused angel network to speed the deployment of capital to early stage companies. Read more.... … [Read more...]
Q1 cleantech venture numbers: What happened??
So just a couple of weeks ago, I posted an analysis of the differences between the Cleantech Group's and GTM's Q1 venture capital tallies, concluding that cleantech remained a bright spot within the overall venture landscape. And then over the … [Read more...]
Join me at Green Living Show cleantech panel this Friday
Another reminder that this Friday marks the start of the three-day Green Living Show in Toronto. Friday morning begins with some opening comments from Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto mayor David Miller. I'll then be moderating a panel … [Read more...]
Cleantech calls on Uncle Sam this week
Local and federal governments in the U.S. inject $863 million in cash and incentives into the cleantech sector, plus details of 46 deals we spotted this week. Read more.... … [Read more...]