New England Clean Energy Council

There were 2 successful exits for cleantech investors this week and 2 new investments of over $100 million.

Two significant marine energy funding announcements are made in the UK, while the largest VC deal of the week goes to a remote wind energy monitoring company.

2 Indian cleantech companies received investment from venture and private equity investors this week whilst 1 venture backed solar company listed in Taiwan

2 cleantech companies reveal funding rounds greater than $100 million this week, whilst a third venture-backed cleantech company in the nanotechnology arena has been acquired.

Point Roberts, WA (Investorideas.com Newswire) July 29, 2010 - OTC VOLUME LEADERS reports on the most active trading stocks on the OTCBB.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - July 29, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewablle energy/green newswire) - Coulomb Technologies today announced the installation of its first Networked Charging Station for electric vehicles in San Jose

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. - July 29, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green news) - Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that Gaz reseau Distribution France (GrDF), the main gas utility in France and 100% owned subsidiary of GdF Suez

CALGARY, ALBERTA - July 29, 2010 (Investorideas.com Water Stocks Newswire) - Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTC.BB:WSCE), a clean water technology company focused on implementing its low-cost solutions into several markets

Honolulu-based Natural Power Concepts has recently designed a mobile, retractable-blade wind turbine that is capable to generate both solar and wind energy. Being equipped with solar panels, this turbine becomes one of the newest inventions in the alternative energy field.

Partnerships are essential in today's world, as one can no longer do everything - not even Microsoft. They joined a partnership with Blue Line Innovations, a company who sells electricity meters with WiFi network capabilities. These meters will connect to Microsoft's Hohm, a free online service telling the users how much electricity they consume and when.

Success greets the research team of National Research Council’s National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and the University of Alberta. The plastic solar cells have now an operating life of 8 months instead of mere hours. And they are low-cost, environmentally efficient, unsealed plastic dollar cells – a green energy source. Developing economically viable plastic [...]
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07/29/2010 - Xtreme Power, a provider of Dynamic Power Resources (DPRs) for utility-scale power management and energy storage systems, recently announced the close of a $29...

I don't know why, but each time a biofuel solution rises up from the masses of alternative energy sources, later there are news saying biofuel is still more polluting than fossil fuel. Now it's time for algae biofuels to pass through the test of actual "alga-to-wheel" pollution.

In a daring display of green chutzpah, a hair care products company called Zotos International, Inc. has seemingly come out of nowhere to grab the title of biggest wind energy generator of any U.S. manufacturer.  The company has just won approval install a $7 million, 3.3 megawatt wind power project for its facility in Geneva, New York.  The American Wind Energy Association has said that the project is the largest of its kind in the U.S.

The project went through with significant help from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which chipped in about 30% of the cost of the project.  Also helping to win approval from Geneva officials was the company's commitment to donate the equivalent of 5% of the wind power back to the city.  It's all part of Zotos's plan to achieve 100% renewable energy at the facility by 2011.

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In a daring display of green chutzpah, a hair care products company called Zotos International, Inc. has seemingly come out of nowhere to grab the title of biggest wind energy generator of any U.S. manufacturer.  The company has just won approval install a $7 million, 3.3 megawatt wind power project for its facility in Geneva, New York.  The American Wind Energy Association has said that the project is the largest of its kind in the U.S.

The project went through with significant help from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which chipped in about 30% of the cost of the project.  Also helping to win approval from Geneva officials was the company's commitment to donate the equivalent of 5% of the wind power back to the city.  It's all part of Zotos's plan to achieve 100% renewable energy at the facility by 2011.

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It gets mom and pop out of the oil drilling business, and that is a good thing.

While undeveloped countries might have kids slaving over the kitchen fire melting electronics to mine them for lead – in a supposedly developed nation like this, competence should be a sine qua non in the drilling business, for all of our sakes. It is amazing that just about anyone is allowed to drill – even if they have absolutely no way to clean up a mess like just happened in the Gulf.

While it is no climate – clean energy bill as hoped, the spill bill is not bad for a straight environmental pollution prevention bill that cracks down on the lax oil and gas drilling practices that led to the catastrophic spill in the Gulf, and ongoing drilling disasters on land. (more…)

It gets mom and pop out of the oil drilling business, and that is a good thing.

While undeveloped countries might have kids slaving over the kitchen fire melting electronics to mine them for lead – in a supposedly developed nation like this, competence should be a sine qua non in the drilling business, for all of our sakes. It is amazing that just about anyone is allowed to drill – even if they have absolutely no way to clean up a mess like just happened in the Gulf.

While it is no climate – clean energy bill as hoped, the spill bill is not bad for a straight environmental pollution prevention bill that cracks down on the lax oil and gas drilling practices that led to the catastrophic spill in the Gulf, and ongoing drilling disasters on land. (more…)

I just wrote about the struggles of getting a Republican to support anything regarding clean energy in my post on PACE's chances of getting into the upcoming energy bill. So, I won't write at length about that again.

But there's still a struggle going on for another biggie that some of us are hoping a near-miracle will save (and this one has at least one Republican behind it) — a national Renewable Energy Standard (RES). Although Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called it dead immediately after calling a “comprehensive” climate change and clean energy bill dead, nearly half of Senate Democrats are putting the pressure on Reid to bring it back.

What are the chances?

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I just wrote about the struggles of getting a Republican to support anything regarding clean energy in my post on PACE's chances of getting into the upcoming energy bill. So, I won't write at length about that again.

But there's still a struggle going on for another biggie that some of us are hoping a near-miracle will save (and this one has at least one Republican behind it) — a national Renewable Energy Standard (RES). Although Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called it dead immediately after calling a “comprehensive” climate change and clean energy bill dead, nearly half of Senate Democrats are putting the pressure on Reid to bring it back.

What are the chances?

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