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Philips Wins The DOE’s Prestigious L Prize

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

August 3, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Philips Electronics the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) in recognition of being the first company to successfully develop an LED replacement for the common 60-watt incandescent light bulb. Submitted in 2009, the Philips LED bulb was the first and only product to successfully [...]

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Cleantech Open Announces Semifinalists In 2011 Business Competition

Sunday, July 17th, 2011

From CTO’s press release – REDWOOD CITY, Calif.: The Cleantech Open (www.cleantechopen.org) announced that 163 semifinalist teams have been selected from across the United States to participate in the 2011 edition of world’s biggest cleantech business competition. The semifinalists were selected from a talented pool of more than 285 cleantech entrepreneurs from across the country [...]

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Transphorm

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Interesting company… http://www.transphormusa.com/index.html

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Ecomagination Challenge Announces New Winners, $63M Round of Investments in Clean Tech

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

GE’s Ecomagination Challenge Winners have been selected. More here, too. GE and its venture capital partners also announced today that they’ll be investing $63 million in 10 other innovative home energy tech companies from San Francisco to the U.K., bringing the total number of ecomagination-related investments for GE and its partners to 22. $63 million [...]

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Geothermal Market Heating Up

Friday, June 17th, 2011

More here.

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ALTe CEO John Thomas Named One of the Most Influential People in the Electric Automobile Industry

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

From my inbox earlier this week…: John Thomas, Founder and CEO of ALTe Powertrain Technologies, developer of the first range-extended plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain for trucks, vans and buses, has been named to the Automotive News Electrifying 100. This first-time listing compiles the 100 most influential people leading the automotive industry toward a more [...]

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Re. Demonstration of Semi-Solid Lithium Ion Battery Architecture by MIT Researchers

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Interesting… More here.

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“The Future of Water” – Thought Leaders Gather for Virtual Conference Addressing Global Water Challenges – TOMORROW

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Tomorrow morning, June 7, at 11 a.m. ET and available to anyone – at no cost – Dow Chemical Company hosts at http://futurewecreate.com a virtual conference entitled “The Future of Water”. In a nutshell, Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) is doing this to bring attention to the global water crisis. Dow should know: their technology treats [...]

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Marrone Bio Innovations, Astia Portfolio Company, Closes Series C

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

I’m posting this announcement which I received through Astia’s Jen Shelby this morning — and for those of you who don’t know much about Astia’s network – check it out…http://www.astia.org. Marrone Bio Innovations announced on June 1, 2011 the closing of a $25.4 million private round of financing with three new investors and re-investment of [...]

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Connectivity Week Upcoming (Next Week) – & Light Fair Wraps Up w/Most Innovative Products & Other Special Awards

Friday, May 20th, 2011

In Santa Clara, folks, so easy to get to for those in the area. About the conference – more here. Light Fair was this week, too, for those of you interested, and you can see who won the most innovative product awards (and other special awards) here.

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U.N. Proposes ‘Climate Services’ To Help Developing Nations Deal With Onslaught Of Extreme Weather

Friday, May 13th, 2011

The shape of things to come…seems like with the flooding the south is seeing, we’re going to need it here, too…more here.

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Clean Tech Venture Investment Ticks Up (Cleantech Group LLC)

Friday, May 13th, 2011

Per Cleantech Group’s numbers, Cleantech venture investment was up by 52 percent compared to the previous quarter ($1.69 billion) and was also 31 percent higher than the same period a year ago ($2.28 billion). The company notes “215 clean technology M&A transactions in1Q11. The largest deal, and the largest cleantech acquisition we have ever recorded, [...]

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A Must Read — An Essay by Jeremy Grantham

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Am passing this along because this is very well written and definitely worth the read. — As per Richard Steubi – “…an extraordinary essay published by GMO called “Time to Wake Up: Days of Abundant Resources and Falling Prices Are Over Forever” written recently by Jeremy Grantham, the legendary investment strategist.” Click on the link [...]

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International Geothermal Business Coalition Formed

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

From my inbox today. Washington, DC (May 4, 2011) – The members of several leading national geothermal trade and business associations have joined together to establish an international geothermal business coalition in conjunction with the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) 2011 Geothermal Energy Technology and International Development Forum. The new International Geothermal Business Coalition (http://www.internationalgeo.org), founded [...]

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DOE’s America’s Next Top Energy Innovator Challenge Program

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

What a fantastic opportunity!! Article with additional information and links are below. Go for it!! From Jesse Berst via SmartGridNews.com – Quick Take: For a mere $1,000, you can license any of 15,000 federal patents on energy technology. What’s more, if you make enough progress towards commercializing the technology, DOE Secretary Stephen Chu will feature [...]

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In Case You Missed It…Clean Energy Trends 2011 Special Anniversary Edition…

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Perpetually behind on this end…but better late than never……… For those of you who missed it before – Clean Edge issued its annual Clean Energy Trends report to track key developments in clean-energy markets last month. The annual report is issued with the support of Autodesk, Cascadia Capital, Deloitte, and Hobbs & Towne, E2, Mintz [...]

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Greentech Media Highlights Near-Record Quarter for VC Investments in Green Tech

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Of the ten biggest deals of the quarter mentioned by Eric Wesoff in this article for Greentech Media, it looks like a number of these companies received monies in Series C and beyond. No surprise…I just think this is great news for clean tech. While Washington can’t seem to get the right hand speaking with [...]

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Argonne, Nalco reach licensing deal on resin wafer technology

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Interesting…for the story, click here.

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Clean Tech Online Marketplace OnGreen.com Launches

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Well, I knew something like this would come sooner or later… The beta site has already attracted 350 cleantech companies and more than 150 patents, in so far as establishing itself as a destination for cleantech entrepreneurs, investors – and consultants – the site appears to be gaining some good traction… The OnGreen platform is [...]

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WSJ.com Posts Top 10 Clean-Tech Companies

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

See the list and article here.

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