Posts Tagged ‘energy efficiency’
12 October 2012
US residential-focused energy efficiency group Emme has raised $3m in a Series A funding round.
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12 October 2012
US technology provider PowerSecure International has won contacts worth $20m for distributed generation and utility infrastructure projects.
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12 October 2012
Resource management is now a standard conversation in the board rooms of multinational corporations, according to one association supporting the sustainability efforts of these business giants.
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12 October 2012
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced plans to cap renewable energy subsidies when capacity reaches national targets.
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12 October 2012
US residential energy management specialist EcoFactor has raised $8m through its latest venture financing round.
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12 October 2012
OVP Venture Partners, which has invested $750m in 125 high-tech, biotech and clean energy companies, will not be raising any more funds and is gradually winding down its operations.
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11 October 2012
Listed Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital is planning more than $4bn of investments in the country over the next three years, it is understood.
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11 October 2012
UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey is set to announce how the government will place a £20m investment boost into Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) in the UK, as it aims to move forward after its previous £1bn scheme, and will open a £5m competition to drive forward low carbon development.
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11 October 2012
With infrastructure investments holding steady despite the hostile economic climate, NewNet has heard from a panel of institutional investors who say Latin America is a space to watch in the near future.
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10 October 2012
The US government has now given the green light to 10GW of renewable power on public lands, after granting approval for the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre wind energy project in Wyoming.
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10 October 2012
The BMW Group has contracted UK-based cleantech company Verne Global to move some of its applications to a renewable energy-powered data centre in Iceland.
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10 October 2012
A US-based power conversion specialist, which earlier in the month revealed it had raised almost $35m, has now outlined its intention to hit the $60m mark in new equity.
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10 October 2012
An R&D company focused on intelligent power and based in China has carried out an initial public offering on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
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9 October 2012
New Zealand is unlikely to adopt an aggressive carbon policy like its neighbour Australia, but efficiency directives could be on the way, according to one local expert.
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9 October 2012
The UK Conservative party is meeting this week for its annual conference, with energy challenges featuring high on the agenda and renewables low on the priority list.
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9 October 2012
UK-based utility management consultancy Utilitywise has seen revenue increase of 25 per cent to £14.6m for 2012, compared to £11.7m in 2011, and has named Michael Dent to the new role of sales and marketing director.
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9 October 2012
Australian sustainable utility Origin Energy has successfully completed a A$2.4bn ($2.5bn) syndicated bank loan facility to refinance its existing debt, as well as for working capital use.
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9 October 2012
The US-based Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTEC) has appointed former acting Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Roy Bernardi to its advisory board.
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8 October 2012
Finland may phase out the use of coal in energy production by 2025, its Economy Minister has said.
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8 October 2012
Technology group Parker Hannifin has signed an agreement to buy fuel and filtration company Velcon Filters from private equity firm, The Sterling Group.
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