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19th November 2009
US Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman has announced that $104.7m in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go to clean energy and efficiency technology research at seven national laboratories.
7th October 2009
Aviation giant Boeing is to join with aerospace company Honeywell to commission a study on the sustainability of saltwater-based plant candidates for renewable jet fuel. The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi will lead the study.
9th September 2009
Fraunhofer IKTS (Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems) has selected Optomec’s Aerosol Jet Solar Lab system to be part of its Energy Systems Department. The system, which will be installed at the IKTS facility in Dresden, Germany, will be primarily used to develop front side collector line printing solutions to increase solar cell efficiencies.
17th August 2009
Wind energy technology company Catch the Wind has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to provide a test unit of its Vindicator laser wind sensor.
13th August 2009
Gijsbert Nollen discusses the opportunities for clean energy investments in Southeast Asia, why he is turned off by biofuels, and what the future holds for the region.
‘If the past two years is any precedent more and more Asian domestic companies will be established developing and refining their technologies in the bioenergy sector and ramping up development. The real success stories will be centered around locally adapted and developed technologies and research and local business entrepreneurs.’
12th August 2009
Nutritional product developer Martek Biosciences is to collaborate with oil and energy company BP to work on the production of microbial oils for biofuels applications.
10th August 2009
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced that 46 multi-million dollar Energy Frontier Research Centres (EFRCs) will be built at universities, laboratories, non-profit organisations and private firms across the nation.
23rd July 2009
US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has awarded up to $6.3m towards fundamental genomics-enabled research leading to the improved use of plant feedstocks for biofuel production.
22nd July 2009
Hans-Joerg Hinkel and Martin Fahey of Mitsubishi Electric discuss why CSR practices make good business sense, which countries are waking up to the idea and what the future holds for big corporates.
‘We are a company with the technologies and R&D to become a talking point in the industry. We pre-empted a real debate and have hopefully helped to shape the way other companies address their challenges.’
16th July 2009
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Chinese Minister of Science Wan Gang, and Administrator of National Energy Administration Zhang Guo Bao have announced plans to develop a US-China Clean Energy Research Center.
16th July 2009
Geothermal and wind energy are the most efficient forms of renewable energy, and are yielding greater returns on the R&D invested in them, than most other renewable energy alternatives, according to a new study from NYU Stern.
14th July 2009
Oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil has formed an alliance with biotech company, Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (SGI), to research and develop next generation biofuels from photosynthetic algae.
14th July 2009
TÜV SÜD America, Inc. has announced a cooperation agreement with Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC), an engineering services and test provider based in Fremont, California. Through this cooperation, RETC will provide TÜV SÜD a global partner for testing and certification for photovoltaics and renewable energy products, including third-party outdoor performance and reliability testing.
8th July 2009
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a US developer of flexible thin-film solar modules, has achieved its initial target module efficiency goal of ten per cent for its flexible Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenide (CIGS) monolithically integrated modules.
8th July 2009
Enerkem, a waste-to-biofuels and green chemicals technology company, is to jointly form an advanced energy research centre with the City of Edmonton and the Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI).
29th June 2009
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy initiative, is to introduce its first cleantech investment fund, with a target of around $250m.
23rd June 2009
Eight new low carbon vehicle projects are set to benefit from a share of £25m of UK Government funding to run real life trials, Science Minister Lord Drayson and Transport Secretary Lord Adonis announced today.
19th June 2009
The EDISON (Electric vehicles in a distributed and integrated market using sustainable energy and open networks) project has recently got underway on the Danish island of Bornholm, and is targeting the development of a smart infrastructure that will alter the extensive adoption of electric vehicles powered by sustainable energy.
18th June 2009
Solar photovoltaic manufacturer Suntech Power Holdings Co. has opened its first photovoltaic module testing laboratory in China, alongside Underwriters Laboratories. Located at Suntech’s headquarters in Wuxi, the photovoltaic module testing facility is the largest in China with 1400sqm and 7000sqm of indoor and outdoor testing space, respectively.
18th June 2009
The North of Scotland has launched a £14m investment programme for energy-related skills development and research projects. Funders include the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), UHI, the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands; the Scottish Funding Council (SFC); the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Highland Council.
17th June 2009
The Clean Sky aviation research project has launched its first call for proposals. The combined value of all work topics in this call is €35.4m, with funding provided up to a level of €26.5m.
3rd June 2009
Welsh scientists are working on a research project to turn grass into a green transport fuel. The £1m ‘Grassohol’ research project aims to develop commercially and economically viable processes to make ethanol from perennial ryegrass - the most commonly sown grass in the UK which is normally used for grazing or silage.
1st June 2009
US power management company National Semiconductor Corp. and solar energy services provider SunEdison have initiated field trials to optimise the energy output of solar arrays.
1st June 2009
The St James’s Palace Nobel Laureate Symposium brought together scientists and leaders to concentrate on solving the climate challenge. This effort is an example of the growing worldwide awareness of the severity of the threat to our very way of life from a changing climate, according to US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, here highlighting President Obama’s commitment to improving America’s energy policy and addressing the global climate crisis.
27th May 2009
Infrastructure, finance and media giant GE invested $1.4bn in cleaner technology research and development in 2008, up from $750m in 2005. The company has also reduced its own greenhouse gas intensity, and is making progress against its other goals for revenue growth, water and technology innovation, according to a statement.
18th May 2009
US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has announced that $2.4bn from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be used to expand and accelerate the commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The funding is part of the Obama Administration’s ongoing effort to develop technologies to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas and contributor to global climate change, into the atmosphere while creating new jobs, according to a statement.
9th April 2009
The US Department of Energy has issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement for up to $12m to support R&D activities within water power technologies, including marine and hydrokinetic.
7th April 2009
The Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research is awarding its scholarship for 2008 to associate professor Pål Börjesson at Lund University. The scholarship of SEK250,000 (€23,000), has been awarded to Pål Börjesson for his research within the area of systems studies of bioenergy and biofuels.
24th March 2009
South Carolina’s bioenergy researchers have teamed up to study how the US state’s agricultural resources can be used to tackle the nation’s dependency on fossil fuels.
11th March 2009
Oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell and clean technology company Codexis, Inc. have announced an expanded agreement to develop enzymes to accelerate commercialisation of next generation biofuels. Shell also increased its equity stake in Codexis and will take an additional seat on the company’s board.
10th March 2009
ION Engineering, a US-based cleantech company, has employed Metzger Associates to build up industry positioning strategies and conduct a national public and investor relations programme.
10th March 2009
The Solar Technology Acceleration Center (SolarTAC) has appointed Dustin T Smith as executive director. The solar technology acceleration center that was launched last October and is currently under construction in Colorado, US.
5th March 2009
US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced two Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) for up to $84m to support the development of geothermal energy.
5th March 2009
Venture-backed carbon capture technology company GreatPoint Energy, Inc., has partnered with the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to support clean energy technology development in the state.
24th February 2009
US renewable energy company Navajo Wind Energy (formerly Caliber Energy Inc.) has signed an agreement with Australian industrial technology company, Vector Industrial Designs, to participate in the research, development and optimisation of various proprietary wind turbine technology designs.
18th February 2009
a global scale is a key element in meeting the challenge of delivering more energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO of oil and energy company Exxon Mobil Corporation.
17th February 2009
Algae company OriginOil has signed an agreement with the US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory.
10th February 2009
Energy technologies company American Superconductor Corporation has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and its National Wind Technology Center to validate the economics of a full 10MW superconductor wind turbine.
9th February 2009
Per Regnarsson of corporate finance group Clean World Capital discusses opportunities in cleantech and the wind energy scene in Denmark.
6th February 2009
International brewer SABMiller has teamed up with the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in their latest £27m investment in bioenergy research.
4th February 2009
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, a photovoltaic product manufacturer, has appointed Dr Dengyuan Song as chief technology officer. Dr Song will oversee the research and development initiatives.
4th February 2009
Agricultural and biotechnology company Monsanto, alongside grain manufacturer Archer Daniels Midland and chemical and seed business Deere & Co., is to study the conversion of corn waste into biofuels, according to a statement.
4th February 2009
The US Departments of Agriculture and Energy is to invest up to $25m into research and development of technologies to produce biofuel, bioenergy and fellow bio-based products.
3rd February 2009
Canadian Solar has teamed up with Dupont, University of Toronto and Shanghai Jiao Tong University to open a new solar photovoltaic cell research centre in East China’s Suzhou.
2nd February 2009
Ralf Schnell discusses the strategies of a corporate investor and the challenges faced when applying the venture capital model to cleantech. ‘The cleantech space is an industry where innovation takes time and a lot of money is needed. The biggest challenge in applying the venture capital model to the cleantech space is to carefully watch the timing and the money spent.’
30th January 2009
The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota has launched a new $1m project to evaluate renewable oil refining technologies for commercial production of diesel, jet, and other fuels and chemicals from North Dakota oilseed crops, such as crambe, at Tesoro’s Mandan oil refinery.
30th January 2009
In a recent speech, Dagmar Wöhrl, Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Ministry of Economics and Technology, pledged to address energy efficiency through national and international policy.
28th January 2009
The UK has ploughed its biggest investment in bioenergy research, with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) launching a $27m Sustainable Bioenergy Centre.
27th January 2009
As former COO at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy within the US Department of Energy, Paul Dickerson oversaw the US’ programme for renewables and efficiency, with a budget of $1.8bn. Here, he discusses the outlook for clean energy in the US, the challenges faced for new technologies and what the incoming administration needs to do to push things forward.
13th January 2009
Ze-gen, a gasification technology company, has raised $20m in Series B financing, which will go towards commercialising the company’s technology. Omar Zawawi Establishment led the financing through one of its group companies called Waroz Holding Company, which included Flagship Ventures, VatagePoint Venture Partners and Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation.
James Hall-Smith of HSBC discusses the drivers behind the growth of the European renewable energy scene and the opportunities this affords to infrastructure investors and project financiers alike.
‘I think there is an increased interest from a corporate governance and sustainability perspective. This makes many institutions focus on this area. There is also a recognition of the drivers behind environmental infrastructure, from the fundamentals of creating the best opportunity to tackling climate change, whilst also looking to gain energy security and satisfy the social and political drivers.'--- 1 Comment
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