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Cleantech

Ambitious and Binding

The EU sets new targets requiring 20% renewable energy by 2020.
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Cleantech

Clean Energy’s Sunny Forecast

Clean Edge expects market for biofuels, wind, solar, and fuel cell to quadruple by 2016.
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Cleantech, Finance

Wal-Mart Goes Green

The giant discount retailer sets a goal for less energy-intensive products, and bids for solar energy.
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Cleantech

Will Oil Money Boost Clean Energy?

The U.S. House to vote on an act that would roll back tax breaks for oil, invest the money in renewables research.
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Cleantech, Finance

New Clean Fund to Trade on Nasdaq

An exchange-traded fund based on Clean Edge’s clean-energy index will hit the market in January.
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Finance

Mascoma’s Ethanol Gets $30M

Mascoma, the latest to get funding for biofuels, attracts $30 million for cellulosic ethanol.
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Cleantech

Cow Pies Power Ethanol Future

Two companies look to bovine ‘biowaste’ as the solution to biofuel challenges.
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Cleantech

New Way to Track Clean Energy

Clean Edge plans to launch a U.S. clean-energy index this month.
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Cleantech, Finance

Nano Solar Firm Gets Funding

Innovalight raises $7.5 million to develop its low-cost ‘silicon ink’ technology.
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Cleantech

U.S. President Spotlights Solar

George Bush visits thin-film solar maker United Solar Ovonic.
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Cleantech, Finance

Clean Energy Earns Bush’s Nod

Cleantech companies cheered  the U.S. President’s support of clean energy but say his words didn’t go far enough.
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Cleantech

DFJ’s $150M Cleantech Fund

Draper Fisher Jurvetson’s fund represents ‘solidification’ of cleantech sector.
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Cleantech

Storm Roils Energy Markets

Investments in clean energy soar after Katrina shuts down oil refineries, pipelines, and offshore rigs.
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Cleantech

Clean Energy Firms React to Bush’s Latest Proposals

The industry gives mixed reviews to the president’s latest proposals to generate new sources of energy.
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Cleantech, Finance

Goldman Sachs goes green

Cleantech sees more consolidation as wind energy company Zilkha Renewable Energy gets acquired.