North America
24 April 2012
US LED lighting company Engin has finished Series E of it funding rounds, with GVT Fund lead the round. Co-investor MSIVC joined GVT, as well as the company’s existing financial backers.
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24 April 2012
US biotechnology company Luca Technologies will not pursue its initial public offering due to rocky market conditions.
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24 April 2012
The American Public University System (APUS) has hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of it new solar array, which the company claims is West Virginia’s largest.
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24 April 2012
US organisations the Oregon Wave Energy Trust and the Northwest Marine Renewable Energy Center have entered negotiations with a team led by the European Marine Energy Centre, to provide a development plan for the Pacific Marine Energy Centre.
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24 April 2012
The energy storage unit of US electronics giant General Electric (GE) has signed a business cooperation agreement with Arista Power.
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23 April 2012
Hydrogen fuel cell developer Hydrogenics has entered secured a C$5m investment Canadian energy company Enbridge to support the development of utility-scale energy storage in the US.
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23 April 2012
US financial services institution Wells Fargo has set aggressive targets to make the company more sustainable.
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23 April 2012
A US financial services company has announced plans to increase its commitment to clean energy generation and environmental community projects.
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23 April 2012
A US utility has launched a request for proposals in order to acquire Renewable Energy Credits.
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23 April 2012
The clean technology sector saw $951m go into 73 deals in the first quarter of 2012, according to new figures.
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23 April 2012
The Chrysler Group has delivered three-fleet Chrysler Town & Country plug-in hybrid minivans to the city of Yuma, Arizona, in partnership with the US Department of Energy.
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23 April 2012
US-based First Wind has secured $76m financing to construct the 34MW Bull Hill Wind project in Hancock County, Maine.
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23 April 2012
US hair care company Zotos International has completed installation of a 3.3MW wind array and achieved the milestone of producing all of its power from renewables.
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20 April 2012
Strategies are beginning to emerge on how solar companies are to survive the fiercely global competitive environment that is characterising the sector.
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20 April 2012
US power company Edison Mission Group, subsidiary of Edison International, has commenced construction on a 42MW wind farm in Nebraska.
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20 April 2012
Capital Riesgo Global, a subsidiary of Banco Santander, which will become a financial partner in Abengoa’s Solana development, the largest concentrating solar power plant in the world.
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20 April 2012
The US has been more successful than European in encouraging companies to reduce their energy consumption, according to one expert that has witnessed activity on both sides of the Atlantic.
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20 April 2012
Two materials partners, Asahi Kasei and Central Glass, have joined IBM’s Battery 500 Project team to push research surrounding electric vehicle power sources.
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20 April 2012
A US country is seeking partners to invest in the construction of renewable energy projects across the region’s ‘solar hot spots’.
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20 April 2012
Solar company Emcore has won a $6m contract to test and deliver solar panels for a new spacecraft by Ball Aerospace & Technologies.
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