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Green Investing July 2 2009

Investment In Renewables Rebound in Q2

Renewable Energy World - Investing in clean tech may have bottomed out during the disastrous first quarter of 2009 as investment quickly rebounded.

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Riverstone Buys Babcock & Brown's Wind Portfolio

The private equity group will take over more than 4,000 megawatts of wind plus several power transmission projects.»

Sustainable Business

Siemens Expects $8B in New Cleantech Orders

Stimulus funds from governments around the world could result in $21 billion in new contracts during the next three years.»

Sustainable Business

Maxwell, ISE To Cooperate on Hybrid Systems for Buses and Trucks

The agreement to integrate ultracapacitors could change the market for mobile energy storage.»

Sustainable Business

Suntech Power Forms Alliance for Pole-Mounted Solar

Suntech Power Holdings and Petra Solar join forces to focus on marketing utility-grade, pole mounted solar.»

Sustainable Business

First-of-its-Kind Map Depicts California's Green Economy

The California Green Economy map features more than 2,200 businesses that are likely to grow during the transition to a low-carbon economy.»

Sustainable Business

Siemens Blows Into Chinese Wind Market

Siemens breaking ground on a turbine plant in Shangai and investment in BGZ AG lead the week's green investing news.»

Zaher Karp

New Finance Options Could Help Solar to Rebound

New financing programs and federal support could raise some solar stocks to their previous values.»

Sustainable Business

US Market for Small Wind Turbines Grew 78% in 2008

During the year 17.3 megawatts of turbines capable of generation 100 kW or less were added as the U.S. captured half of the global market.»

Sustainable Business

Green Plains To Buy Two VeraSun Plants

AgStar Financial Services sold two ethanol plants recently acquired through VeraSun Energy's bankruptcy.»

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Triple Pundit

Sustainability and Value Creation: Investors Are Paying Attention

These days, it’s not just about following the money. More importantly, it’s also about finding the best way to find the money that’s out there while making the process more visible and transparent.»

Energy and Capital

Regreasing the Solar Wheels

By 2015, installed solar capacity will grow another 347% to over 72 gigawatts as utilities worldwide are incentivized and forced to adopt sustainable production assets, and as solar energy reaches price parity in a»

CleanTech.com

Canada Funds 16 Cleantech Startups in One Day

Clean technology projects, new and established, from around the country to all share CDN $53 million.»

CleanTech.com

Israeli Startup Grabs $5M for Distributed Solar Thermal

AORA comes out of stealth mode to reveal its 24-hour power source using proprietary solar thermal technology and hybrid turbines.»

Business Green

Telcos Defy Downturn With Green Investment

Telco operators are set to defy the global economic downturn and continue to ramp up investments in green infrastructure projects designed to enhance the energy efficiency of their power-hungry networks.»

Triple Pundit

Sustainable Investment Funds: Keys to Economic Recovery?

More than $5 trillion has been invested in projects that the authors of Sustainable Investing say could put economies on the path to recovery.»

Greentech Media

Cash-Strapped Tesla Raises $40M, Loses Lawsuit

Tesla Motors secures financing to help it weather the economic downturn, but loses a trade-secret lawsuit against Fisker Automotive.»

Greentech Media

California Clean Energy Angel Fund Makes First Investments

The CalCEF fund backs HID Labs, Allopartis Biotechnologies and an unnamed solar-technology company, and also raises its second funding round.»

Reuters

'Green' Loses Cachet on Wall Street

Investors in renewable energy stocks have seen their sector hit hard in recent weeks on concerns that tightening credit and a weak global economy could arrest growth of the high-flying industry despite its long-term promise.»

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