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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “cleantech”

 

• Should We Praise Goldman Sachs for Pledging to Invest $40 Billion in Clean Energy?

  
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  Goldman Sachs announced on Thursday it plans to invest $40 billion of its own and its clients’ money in renewable energy projects over the next decade. There are some good reasons why this announcement should be praised and not ridiculed. At the same time, you always need to look at the big picture and when you do, ...
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• Lithium drive: Fisker Karma | Fisker | Karma | Fisker of Schaumburg

  
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  Now we can meet Peak Oil in style!Oil Shock - Theres No Tomorrow."This animation deserves to be posted one more time. Post Carbon Institute has produced a brilliant documentary... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• A dose of planetary medicine

  
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  If all else fails, the plan could be to spray titanium dioxide particles into the stratosphere to slow global warming . . . → continue reading..: A dose of planetary medicine
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• Cleantech software specialist GreenPocket raises 3.5 million Euro in Series B financing

  
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    Cologne, May 24, 2012 – GreenPocket, one of the leading European providers for Smart Metering and Smart Home software, successfully finished its series B financing round. A group of existing and new capital providers invested under the leadership of the NRW. Bank. The decisive factors for the funding were the ...
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• Tesla Motors To Start Delivering Much Anticipated Model S Next Month

  
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  Telsa Motors has announced it will start delivering its much anticipated Model S  on June 22. This is a month ahead of expected. Company founder and CEO Elon Musk has said Model S crash testing has now been completed and the cars are ready for launch. It will be the first launch of a new model since the initial, ...
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• The promise and peril of a military shift to biofuels

  
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  By David Roberts Fill ‘er up — with biofuels? (Photo by U.S. Army Africa) The U.S. military’s “ going green ” is not a singular phenomenon. There are several different things going on under that rubric, with different rationales and different effects. Some of them make such obvious strategic, ...
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• Recorded Future, Liquid Metal Battery Raise VC Rounds

  
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  Gregory T. Huang Two Boston-area companies that don’t do a lot of talking in the media are making some noise today. They don’t have much in common, except that each is working on a really big technological problem in society with a pretty novel approach (and they’re getting some funding news out before the ...
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• Venture Fund Raises $50M for Cleantech, Materials Start-Ups

  
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  (Photos8.com) Pangaea Ventures Ltd. in Vancouver, British Columbia has raised $US 50 million for its Pangaea Ventures Fund III that aims to invest in early-stage cleantech companies using advanced materials technologies. Pangaea says the new investment fund expects to eventually raise $100 million. The limited ...
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• Green Walkways in London 2012

  
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  The London 2012 Olympics are an exciting opportunity for green technology. One of the green initiatives at the Olympic site is the use of green walkways—paving stones that generate energy when used by pedestrians. Tiles made by PaveGen Systems have been fitted in the crosswalk between the Olympic stadium and the ...
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• Duracell With a Twist: Researchers Find Fix for Grid-Scale Battery Storage

  
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  The CUNY Energy Institute is launching a startup to commercialize an advanced nickel-zinc technology for renewable energy battery storage. By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News Its no secret that wind farms and solar plants have a ...
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• Solexel, SolFocus, Sopogy Raise Money in Tough Solar Environment

  
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  Given the uneasiness investors have expressed about investing in capital intensive solar businesses since Solyndra, the recent bankruptcies , and industry woes, its noteworthy that three solar companies raised funds in the last week or so. California-based Solexel raised $25 million to build a pilot plant for ...
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• Republicans try to force the military to use dirty energy it doesn’t want

  
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  By David Roberts Photo by the U.S. Army. The U.S. military recognizes that dependence on fossil fuels is a threat to U.S. strategic influence and its own operational effectiveness. With that in mind, it’s trying to make itself lighter and leaner , reducing energy consumption at bases and on the ...
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• Amonix Cuts Staff

  
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  Heavily backed, concentrating solar photovoltaic technology developer Amonix , which is based in Seal Beach, is set to lay off 76 workers across its offices in California, according to regulatory filings with the state. The notices--which comes thank you to Californias WARN laws--says that the Seal Beach company ...
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• Could Romney’s scorn for wind power hurt him in the heartland?

  
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  By David Roberts Photo by Eric Tastad. On Thursday, President Obama will visit TPI Composites , a wind manufacturer in Newton, Iowa (population, 15,254). There, he will reiterate his support for the Production Tax Credit (PTC), a federal support program that has helped drive wind’s rapid expansion ...
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• San Diego BizTech Roundup: Qualcomm, Helix Wind, and ‘Skqueak’

  
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  Bruce V. Bigelow Here’s a potpourri of San Diego tech news, large and small, fresh from the local fields of innovation. —San Diego’s Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ), the world’s biggest manufacturer of wireless chipsets, said it has renewed its global QPrize venture investment competition for the third time. ...
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• Better Place Rolls Out World’s First Nationwide Electric Car Network

  
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  After months of delays and $400 million in outlays , American-Israeli company Better Place has finally begun rolling out its much-anticipated electric vehicle network in Israel . When all is completed, Better Place will have at least 40 EV stations across the country – enough to allow a motorist to drive 500 ...
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• VW asks and the People(‘s Republic of China) answer: Cars will Hover

  
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  The future... The middle aged couple peering out incredulously from what appears to be a floating, see-through hockey puck in the recently released promotional video from Volkswagen are actually “riding” in the car that the German manufacturer claims will be the future of the auto industry – if it can be ...
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• Cleantech Innovation Challenge in Mexico for Cleantech Startups

  
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    Cleantech startup competitions, hackathons, and such are apparently growing in popularity — it seems like I’m reading and writing about at least one a week. Here’s info about another one, in Mexico, via sister site Ecopreneurist : Cleantech Challenge Mexico 2012: Funds Green Startups in ...
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• Aptera Electric Car Company Rises from Its Ashes: A Rescue by the Sleeping Dragon

  
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  DRAGON and PHOENIX The phoenix and a dragon is a common motif  on Chinese pottery, often used as wedding gifts. Aptera (a wingless bird) is an electric car company that ceased operations in December after many setbacks, but its ideas and assets have taken flight again, purchased by the Jonway Group, a Chinese ...
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• NaanDanJain’s Irrigation Technology Strengthens Ties Between India and Israel

  
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  Last week Kibbutz Naan sold 50 percent of its stake in the irrigation technology company NaanDanJain Irrigation Ltd. to its Indian business partner, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. Representatives from both groups met in Tel Aviv for the Agritech 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Israel. The joint company currently ...
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