Despite the buzz in the investment community about the clean energy sector, relatively few companies are pulling away from the pack as standouts. First Solar, manufacturer of thin-film cadmium telluride solar cells, is a notable exception.
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EnOcean, a German firm that specializes in wireless systems for the builiding industry which are powered using "energy harvesting," has landed €4.5 million in funding.
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A restaurant formed by a “beta community” of more than 400 online members will be opened next year in Washington, D.C. serving raw and organic foods.
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AXess, a New York-based financial startup, plans to launch a private, broker-neutral electronic marketplace that lets individual angel investors fund private businesses with a social or environmental bent.
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GE Energy Financial Services unit teamed up with Spain's Grupo Corporativo Landon to invest approximately $350 million in Fotowatio, a Madrid-based solar power project developer.
More and more publicly traded companies are including environmental risks in their annual reports in response to growing investor interest in climate change issues.
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Intel Capital leads a $132 million round of financing for Berlin-based thin-film developer Sulfurcell, while GT Solar International files for an IPO in this week's investing roundup.
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Investor interest in clean tech could be playing a role in the current dearth of IPOs.
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Just as a variety of cleantech solutions are needed to address global environmental challenges, a variety of financing options are necessary to support the wide range of cleantech companies and sectors.
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Appropriately enough in the first full week of summer, solar firms SunRun, SolFocus and Sinosol all raised money and made headlines.
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A new study finds that while energy-efficiency investments are now three times larger than investments in traditional energy resources, investment opportunities in efficiency remain largely untapped.
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The U.S. has a lot of digging to do in order to rival world leader Tibet, now getting 30% of its electricity from geothermal power.
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Protecting natural resources means more than purchasing one’s way through environmental regulations.
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While the economy in general has been slow, the cleantech industry has kept IPOs interesting.
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Dow Jones Indexes and the Chicago Climate Exchange have partnered to launch two new global emissions indexes.
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While candidates are full of talk, green collar jobs are getting down to the business of helping to rebuild the economy.
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Bermuda's innovative waste-cooking-oil-to-biodiesel program could be a model for smaller countries seeking energy independence.
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Ikea will make major investments into cleantech start-ups with the goal of carrying products like solar panels in their store.
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The trade route could prove fertile ground for the burgeoning green energy industry.
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Investors are getting a little concerned about Tata Motors' plans. Tata is in the process of bringing out what will be the world's cheapest car — the Nano — and just announced that they'll have an electric model of the Nano out during the current fiscal year.
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Popular investment site The Motley Fool is pointing to cleantech stocks as good picks for average investors -- the sort of folks who only started investing in Internet businesses as they became household names.
