energy storage
9 May 2011
The first four months of this year has seen momentum slow down in some important aspects of the development of the smart grid business with the rapid consolidation witnessed at the end of 2010 not maintained, writes Allan McHale, author of smart grid blog Memoori.
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12 November 2010
Despite their name, rare earth elements are not particularly rare and despite them becoming indispensible for a range of cleantech applications, some risk being oversupplied as new production capacity is realised, according to Sustainable Asset Management.
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18 June 2010
Canada today announced that it will develop an industry-wide standard for the underground storage of industrial carbon emissions to be deployed in carbon capture and storage projects.
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16 June 2010
The value of private equity and venture capital investment in the cleantech sector more than tripled in May 2010 to $1,22bn from $352m in April 2010, boosted by an institutional buyout worth $800m, according to a report from ZEPHYR and Bureau van Dijk, compiled exclusively for NewNet.
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9 June 2010
Despite the global recession driving energy consumption lower in 2009 than the previous year, power usage is on the rise in developing nations according to BP's 2010 Statistical Review of World Energy.
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4 June 2010
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4 June 2010
Google.org, Sergey Brin and Larry Page's philanthropic division, has donated 3,000 solar-powered chargers to the International Medical Corps, which equates to over $216,000 and is part of the $100m that the organisation has so far given out to renewable enterprises and causes.
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24 May 2010
The UK will miss its future carbon budget target unless the new coalition government introduces firm policies to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency not covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), a new forecast shows.
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18 May 2010
Greenhouse gas emissions from European businesses participating in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) fell by 11.6 per cent in 2009 compared with the previous year's figures, which the EU has attributed to the economic recession.
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14 May 2010
The development of alternative fuel and advance technology vehicles globally has benefited from nearly $44bn in economic stimulus funds and incentives, more than half of which is or has been piped into the US, according to an analysis by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) Global Manufacturing Industry group.
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12 May 2010
Hydropower dominates renewable energy production in South America and is expected to show moderate growth until 2020 alongside thermal power, according to new figures.
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20 April 2010
A US environmental campaign group has publicised a governmental report that stresses the importance of federal commitments to reduce climate change ahead of a new energy bill expected to be introduced next week.
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9 April 2010
Private equity investment in clean technology companies weakened in March 2010, failing to sustain the significant growth recorded in February 2010 as volume plunged 43 per cent to 13 deals from 23 the previous month and value plummeted 80 per cent to a new year-low of $110m from $559m four weeks earlier.
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18 March 2010
Fundamental restructuring of the UK's entire energy system is unavoidable if it is to meet future energy demand while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, according to a report by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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9 March 2010
An initial public offering (IPO) is a feasible exit for at least one investment held by European venture capital and private equity investors in the clean technology space during this year or next, according to a new survey.
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25 February 2010
Renewable energy sources remain a strong focus of European governments with a variety of incentive schemes being deployed, according to a new study by commercial law firm CMS Hasche Sigle.
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16 February 2010
The EU is on track to meet its 20 per cent renewable energy target by 2020 and slightly exceed it, according to an analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
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15 February 2010
The proposed introduction of a federal renewable portfolio standard (RPS) combined with the extension of production tax credits up to 2012 in the US, is expected to boost the market for renewable energy in North America, according to a new report from GBI Research.
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5 February 2010
There was limited private equity investment in cleantech companies in January, with just 14 deals worth $163m, which represented a month-on-month decline of 82 per cent from $919m in December 2009, according to ZEPHYR and Bureau van Dijk, exclusively for NewNet.
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21 January 2010
Increasing America's use of plug-in electric and plug in hybrid cars would dramatically reduce emissions that cause global warming and air pollution and would curb our dependence on oil, according to a new report by independent environmental advocacy organisation Environment Texas.
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