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Cleantech

Poop-Grown Algae to Fuel Cars?

Aquaflow says biodiesel made from wild algae extracted from sewage ponds got a successful test drive.
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Cleantech, Finance

Checks for Demand-Response

Consumer Powerline and its rivals are writing larger checks for their clients.
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Cleantech, Finance

Biofuel Firm Altra Gets $50M

Kleiner Perkins helps to fund biofuel startup, then launches a ‘greentech’ competition with a $100,000 prize.
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Cleantech, Finance

Waste-Based Ethanol: $30M

Goldman Sachs invests in cellulose ethanol company Iogen, which plans to begin production as early as 2009.
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Cleantech, Finance

Solar Firms’ Profits Shine

Q-Cells and SunPower post better-than-expected profits reflecting booming solar market.
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Cleantech

Green Firm Sees Some Green

Ideal Bite closes angel funding and is talking about an advertising deal with General Mills.
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Cleantech, Finance

Clean Energy Gains in Senate

The U.S. Senate’s version of a national energy bill includes more incentives for clean-energy sources.
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Cleantech

New Age of Hybrid Cars

Manufacturers try to find the right shade of green as they develop the next generation of hybrids.
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Cleantech, Finance

Energy Innovations Gets Cash

Solar firm raises $16.5 million in round led by Mohr Davidow Ventures as VC interest in this renewable energy form heats up.
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Cleantech, Finance

Clean Energy Firms Get Funds

Fuel cell company Protonex and solar company Miasolé close funding rounds.
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Cleantech

Electric Cars Keep Rolling

Hybrids may be all the rage, but some still long for all-electric cars. And a few companies hope to capitalize on a technology that just won’t die.
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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

Shortages May Hit Solar Power

The solar photovoltaic sector is built mainly on silicon, and higher demand for the material has some experts worried.
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Cleantech, Finance

Clean capital

Exchange-traded fund based on clean energy to debut Thursday.