This Past Week in Cleantech

Every business day, Cleantech Group publishes 3-5 stories reporting on latest technology and business developments. Here are all the company's stories from the last week. Also browse coverage by industry, company or newsmaker, or by searching.

Econcern partners on €863M Chinese wind farm deal

December 3, 2008 - News brief - Plans call for four onshore wind farms totalling 720MW capacity to be developed with China National Offshore Oil and Sinohydro. Full Story »

Behind the scenes at Cleantech Forum Shanghai

Cleantech Forum XX, the Cleantech Group's 20th assembly of clean technology investors, entrepreneurs, service providers and other influencers since 2002, is underway in Shanghai, China.

And while the main session only begins a few hours from now, some themes have been emerging in pre-sessions, closed door meetings, VIP events and the welcome reception.

Flies on the various walls of the luxury Grand Hyatt Shanghai—the highest hotel in the world, occupying the 53rd to 87th floors of a downtown tower—would be hearing well connected capital and other insiders opining that:

Infinite Power raises $13M to ramp thin-film batteries

December 3, 2008 - Exclusive - Stealth micro-energy device maker becomes first to reach commercial scale for this technology, with shipments slated to start this month. Full Story »

Hawaii becomes next stop for Better Place

December 3, 2008 - Best of the web - Startup plans infrastructure for electric vehicles to take advantage of high energy costs of the island economy. Full Story »

Thar Technologies looks at India's karanj, jatropha for biodiesel

December 3, 2008 - News brief - Pennsylvania company using $2M U.S. government grant to develop one-step biodiesel process to be used in new plant. Full Story »

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 »

E-waste recycling scores big at China's Challenge Cup

December 2, 2008 - News brief - Students team from Jiangsu Teachers University of Technology secure 60 million RMB and silver medal, creating spin-off company. Full Story »

German government invests €2.5M in OPV research

December 2, 2008 - News brief - Konarka Technologies spearheads the consortium, which aims to extend the life of organic solar photovoltaics. 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 »

Generating energy underwater from good vibrations

December 1, 2008 - Exclusive - Vortex Hydro Energy's VIVACE system could generate as much as 51W in waters moving at 3 knots per hour and may be available by 2010. Full Story »

Indian companies order 300MW in wind power

December 1, 2008 - News brief - Wind turbine maker Suzlon said it expects to install another 1.5 gigawatts of wind power in one state alone by 2011. 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 »

Finland, Vietnam launch fish fuel project

December 1, 2008 - News brief - Vietnamese companies competing against local exporters find biodiesel made from catfish fat too pricey for production. Full Story »
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