Emissions reduction

BP, China to invest $73M in cleantech center

December 2, 2008 - Exclusive - 20-year project aims to commercialize carbon capture and storage, coal gasification and conversion and other technologies. Full Story »

Shell buys emissions-scrubbing firm

December 2, 2008 - News brief - Cansolv's technology being used to remove sulfur dioxide and futher carbon capture and storage systems. Full Story »

Beijing meets "blue sky days" target early

December 1, 2008 - News brief - China aims for lower vehicle emissions by 2012, subsidizing a Chinese car maker's hybrid car production plans. Full Story »

Cleantech funds worth $1.9B lead the week

November 20, 2008 - Exclusive - Seven funds were created or expanded this week to pump nearly $2B into cleantech, meanwhile we spot 37 other deals. Full Story »

Report: Tech sector could cut U.S. emissions 22% by 2020

November 18, 2008 - Exclusive - Global study shows that using information technology to improve buildings, grids, travel and transportation has the potential to cut 7.8 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide worldwide. Full Story »

MIT unlocking carbon capture and storage

November 17, 2008 - Exclusive - Research shows CO2 capture is affordable today at coal-fired power plants and provides a framework for estimating the storage capacity for greenhouse gases underground. Full Story »

$4.8B flows in cleantech sector this week

November 13, 2008 - Exclusive - Leading a massive week for cleantech, Brazilian company raises $1B for renewables. This, and details of 35 other deals we saw this week. Full Story »

Alstom wins $93.5M hydro contract in India

November 12, 2008 - News brief - Company steps up hydropower research to €650 million this year as it announces subsidiary's plans for 240-MW project in Andhra Pradesh. Full Story »

Red woodsmen

November 11, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
“Foresters by nature are conservative folk."
— Tom Urban, CEO of CellFor, about why the timber industry is slowly, but increasingly, adopting seedlings developed through somatic embryogenesis. Read article »

BioTherm gets $150M to address energy crisis in S. Africa

November 10, 2008 - Exclusive - Denham Capital's equity investment is expected to fund more than 300MW of projects using biomass, biogas, waste energy and steam energy. Full Story »
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