Posts Tagged ‘energy efficiency’
18 July 2011
The European Commission has invested €19m into the Green for Growth Fund, Southeast Europe, to finance energy efficiency and renewable investments in Croatia and Turkey.
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13 July 2011
The US-based energy monitoring specialist Novenda Technologies has purchased energy efficiency software company MakeMeSustainable for an undisclosed amount.
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12 July 2011
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has provided an €8m loan to a Bulgarian bank as part of a scheme that addresses household energy wastage.
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11 July 2011
Energy efficiency company Aspen Aerogels has announced its intention to carry out an initial public offering in the US. The Massachussetts-based company works with the likes of NextEra Energy and manufactures insulation products that it claims provide up to five times better thermal performance than other widely used insulation materials. The company has filed a[...]
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8 July 2011
A branch of the UK’s National Health Service has teamed up with energy management company Schneider Electric to attempt to cut energy consumption by 40 per cent and carbon emissions by 43 per cent.
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7 July 2011
An energy storage and smart grid optimisation company Clean Urban Energy based in Chicago, US, has secured $7m in Series A financing.
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7 July 2011
Canadian emerging markets-focused fund manager Cordiant has committed a $10m loan to the Jordan-India Fertilizer Company to finance the construction of a $186m new eco-friendly plant.
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7 July 2011
Chemical company Solvay and technology developer Avantium have partnered to create a range of green, high-performance polymides for engineering plastics.
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7 July 2011
UK-based energy efficiency electronics company Amantys has raised $7m after the completion of Series A fundraising. The company will use the money to help commercialise its digital power switching platforms.
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6 July 2011
The UK government is to roll-out pioneering energy contracts following a trial that saved the Home Office £212,000 in eight months.
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5 July 2011
Swedish fuel cell company myFC has raised $6.7m of expansion funding. The investment was divided into two tranches with the second completed today.
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5 July 2011
European utilities could see their creditworthiness suffer with the introduction of the third phase of Europe’s cap and trade scheme, according to a Standard and Poor’s report.
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4 July 2011
French smart grid and energy solutions developer Schneider Electric has launched a €750m Euro Medium Term Note bond set to mature in July 2010. The coupon rate for this bond is 3.75 per cent.
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1 July 2011
Aspire International’s acquisition of photovoltaic plant specialist Future Solar Developments signaled the latest strategic investment in a sector that is seeing a greater corporate involvement.
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1 July 2011
The EBRD is to provide a €50m loan to Albanian power distributor CEZ Shpërndarje to modernise the nation’s low and medium voltage electricity distribution network.
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1 July 2011
Clean technology developer Anvil Semiconductors has spun out from the University of Warwick.
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29 June 2011
Google is retiring its home energy management software after just two years on the market.
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28 June 2011
Conformal electronics company MC10 has announced the close of a new round of venture financing worth $12.5m.
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27 June 2011
US President Barack Obama has launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, which includes a $120m investment in energy conservation.
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24 June 2011
Touchstone Semiconductor, a developer of analogue integrated circuit solutions, has received $12m in Series A funding. Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Opus Capital and cleantech investor Khosla Ventures led the round.
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