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The development and adoption of China’s new electric vehicle (NEV) sector is a major economic, environmental and security success and, to ensure its continued strength, will need to invest $16bn in core technologies through coming years, a report has shown. 
Waste-to-energy currently represents a vastly underused resource throughout the world, with the majority of the two billion tonnes of waste produced in 2011 going to landfill, according a new report. 
Although the smart building to smart grid interface business is still in its infancy, just a quick take on the strategic acquisitions that have been made over the last two years makes a strong statement that the world’s major suppliers see this as a great opportunity to extend their business. They have invested heavily in its future, writes sector specialist Memoori. 
Ontario’s solar market is expected to grow by 31 per cent this year compared to 2011’s figures, according to a new report. 
Wind turbine order intake fell by 30 per cent in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2011, research by MAKE Consulting shows. 
Venture capital funding into the smart grid space remained weak in the second quarter of 2012 with a transaction total of $66m across nine deals. 
Changing technology in the distribution and transmission market is likely to catalyse an increase in prepayment energy plans and meters, according to the latest information from Pike Research. 
After slumping to an eight-month low in May, private equity and venture capital investment in the cleantech sector leapt in June from $287m to $1.66bn, the highest it has been since December, and also up on the same period in 2011. 
The application of advanced energy storage technologies could potentially generate total system savings of £10bn year by 2050, according to a new report. 
The Obama Administration has made putting a total of one million electric vehicles on American roads by 2015 a centerpiece of its transportation policy. The practical challenges of launching new models and expanding plug-in electric vehicles sales to mainstream consumers, however, have proven more difficult than automakers or policymakers foresaw, according to new research. 
