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In a small English village a local health centre has placed its first patient on its network of smart electricity meters, highlighting the breadth of potential the smart grid space holds, writes sector specialist Memoori. 
The biggest Chinese wind producers have announced plans for international expansion. However, the question remains: can they successfully follow in the footsteps of their solar peers? 
While developed countries remain focused on slowing demand and cutting costs, a growing requirement for energy within the emerging markets now appears to be the main driving force behind renewable energy and cleantech investment. 
A long-standing conservatism within an industry dominated by large industrial companies can present barriers to new innovation in the water management sector. But for forward-thinking investors, novel technologies offering solutions to water scarcity problems could prove a lucrative endeavour. 
Despite the considerable opportunities, investors may face a barrage of risks when entering China’s clean energy industry due to shifting policy and economic markers. 
With a growing focus on decentralised energy generation and private power generation in emerging economies, biomass gasification could provide a timely solution to South Africa’s beleaguered energy industry. 
Many countries are seeking to move in a greener direction for their energy needs and incorporate more renewable energy sources into their energy portfolio. But with countries such as Germany turning away from nuclear, there is now a ticking clock counting down efforts to deploy critical clean technologies, writes digital prototyping specialist Autodesk. 
The recent EMR White Paper from the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change introduces the most sweeping and ambitious reforms of the British electricity markets for 30 years, including up to £110bn of new investment over the next decade, writes Adam Langridge, a partner in Squire Sanders’ Energy Industry Group. 
International climate financing mechanisms need to go beyond treating climate change as another generic emerging market risk financing problem and should support ‘real economy’ signals which address the externality, writes Rupert Edwards, head of policy and market analysis, carbon finance, at Climate Change Capital. 
In spite of initial scepticism surrounding the capability of electric vehicles (EVs) and concerns over range anxiety, they are more than capable of meeting the needs of drivers that require efficient urban transportation, a new study has found. 
There are a number of clean technology developers around the globe that seem to have accomplished the unthinkable, and none more so than those developing technologies that produce energy or fuel from nothing but air. 
Environmental problems extend across international boundaries, but there are no effective international institutions to deal with them properly. The result is that problems worsen and attempts by countries to solve them fail due to the lack of an institutional framework within which to build the necessary international consensus and trust, writes Stephen Hockman QC. 
With subsistence farmers considered to be the most vulnerable community to the effects of climate change, a majority of whom are women in poor countries, climate justice should be classed as a human rights issue, according to Reid Professor of Law and former Irish stateswoman Mary Robinson. 
Being able to respond rapidly to opportunities and understanding the underlying science is critical in the cleantech sector, according to Natalie Diep, partner at Morrison & Foerster, in her ten tips on making successful investments.
There is new evidence to suggest that China could leapfrog the US in the race to develop and deploy low-carbon transport technologies at scale, as electric vehicle manufacturer Think’s new global strategist William Nowicke pre-empted in an interview with NewNet earlier this month. 
Toyota, Honda and Nissan have finally put the car industry to the test and announced they intend to join forces with Japanese energy firms to create a hydrogen-infrastructure for cars.
Utility provider Duke Energy and Tokyo-based business conglomerate ITOCHU have agreed to collaborate on advanced energy technologies, starting with the evaluation and testing of the re-use of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. 
As the price of crude oil continues to rise, the advantages of electric vehicles are once again thrown into the limelight. NewNet takes a closer look at the Mitsubishi I-Miev as it unveils specifications of its US version due to be released next year.
The battle for the electric vehicle (EV) market has begun to intensify with many of the auto giants announcing low-carbon strategies or launching new models in recent weeks. 
A lawsuit filed by US trade union United Steelworkers (USW) against China for what it calls ‘protectionist practices’ in the renewable energy industry highlights the growing desire to secure national leadership in an uneven global playing field. 
