Australasia
8 February 2012
Roger Stroud, executive chairman of Australian biofuel developer Algae.Tec has been appointed as a member of the advisory board for the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute at Curtin University in Perth.
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6 February 2012
An investment firm focused on Australia has been launched by a London-based specialist that focuses on the alternative energy and utility sectors.
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1 February 2012
The search is on to find developers of large-scale solar plants in Australia. The government of the Australian Capital Territory, located within New South Wales, said it is now inviting proposals to be submitted and stressed the emphasis will be on keeping costs low.
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30 January 2012
Lead managers have been appointed to arrange the sale of a major renewable energy-focused utility in New Zealand.
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27 January 2012
Although a number of deals have closed this week, it seems even those that have managed to close transactions in the cleantech space are on the hunt for more cash, or conversely on the lookout for future investments.
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26 January 2012
A New Zealand-based biofuels developer is reportedly looking to list on its home exchange in the second half of the year.
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23 January 2012
Algae-to-oil specialist Algae.Tec told NewNet that it has a four-pronged strategy that has led it to hitting a fundraising target of A$5m ($5.28m) in just three days.
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9 January 2012
An Australian biodiesel company is looking to raise $100m before carrying out an initial public offering.
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22 December 2011
The Australian Coal Association has called for the government to include the Productivity Commission when deciding how investment awarded as part of the A$10m ($10.13m) clean energy fund should be spent.
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15 December 2011
A manager has been appointed to a venture capital fund launched in Australia to help lead the commercialisation of renewable energy technologies.
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12 December 2011
Large-scale solar facilities in Australia are set to be eligible to receive feed-in tariff support under new legislation.
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6 December 2011
Danish wind energy company Vestas has received an order for 56 turbines from Australian power supplier Hydro Tasmania.
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5 December 2011
Cleantech start-ups in New Zealand are likely to benefit from an angel investment body set up to provide capital to hi-tech entrepreneurs.
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2 December 2011
Australian wave energy company BioPower Systems has been awarded A$5m ($5.14m) under the government's Sustainable Energy Pilot Demonstration Programme.
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1 December 2011
A listed wave energy developer is to carry out a capital raising via a share purchase plan of up to $4m.
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24 November 2011
An Australian utility, which has recently been active in the wind energy sector, may look to go public in the second half of 2012.
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23 November 2011
An Australian solar mounting and tracking specialist is looking to raise A$6m ($5.83m) through taking to the public market.
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22 November 2011
An Australian solar energy company will look to raise A$4m ($3.94m) to allow it to pursue strategic acquisition opportunities.
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17 November 2011
An Australian solar mounting company has announced that it is targeting a $6m IPO on the cleantech-dedicated exchange the SIM VSE.
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16 November 2011
Developers in Australia are being sought as the government of Canberra launches a feed-in tariff reverse auction.
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