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Record 2008 for cleantech with $8.4B in investments

January 6, 2009 - Exclusive - Yet a slowed fourth quarter in 2008 is translating into investor caution in 2009 and a change in strategy for some. Full Story »

CMR Fuel Cells plans to return money, delist from AIM

January 5, 2009 - Exclusive - UK-based hybrid fuel cell developer waits on shareholder approval of plan that was prompted by its plunging stock prices. Full Story »

Akvo tackles water sanitation using Internet, mobile phones

December 22, 2008 - Exclusive - Dutch foundation develops system for finding, funding and tracking small-scale water sanitation projects across the globe. Full Story »

More deals, fewer dollars for cleantech in '09?

December 19, 2008 - Exclusive - U.S. venture capitalists predict that cleantech will be the only sector that won't see a decline in 2009. Full Story »

Laurus Energy finds clean coal solution?

December 17, 2008 - Exclusive - Stealthy startup plans to fuel 1,000 MW of projects in Canada as it gets exclusive license to underground coal gasification technology for North America. Full Story »

Battery maker Imara emerges from stealth

December 16, 2008 - Exclusive - Formerly Lion Cells, lithium-ion battery maker plans for commercial production in 2009. Full Story »

Report: Optimize investments by pairing wind, wave energy offshore

December 15, 2008 - Exclusive - Stanford researcher finds that the power sources aren't strongly correlated, which means the pairing could provide consistent power supplies. Full Story »

OPT records $8M backlog for wave-energy devices

December 12, 2008 - Exclusive - Marine-power firm Ocean Power Technologies concentrates on R&D of PowerBuoys for utility market. Full Story »

Vu1 raises $5M for lighting tech

December 10, 2008 - Exclusive - Stealth technology company uses accelerated electrons to stimulate phosphor and create light within traditional bulbs. Full Story »

Bad news from Q-Cells spreads through solar supply chain

December 9, 2008 - Exclusive - German solar cell maker lowers Q4 and 2009 forecasts, prompting the public markets to batter suppliers and customers in today's trading. Full Story »

Ultracell gets $2M grant to improve fuel cell production

December 8, 2008 - Exclusive - All methanol fuel cell manufacturers are expected to benefit from quality control system that could reduce fallout rate from 30 percent to less than 10 percent. Full Story »

Cleantech Forum Shanghai in pictures

December 5, 2008 - Exclusive - Prospectors and their pickaxes converged at this week's Cleantech Forum Shanghai. Here are photos. Full Story »

GreenSmith launches backup battery for grid

December 5, 2008 - Exclusive - System could be paired with renewable energy sources to better align power supply with power demand. Full Story »

China embraces cleantech, dodges downturn

December 4, 2008 - Exclusive - To grow your cleantech business, just point it at China, said industry leaders today at the Cleantech Forum in Shanghai. Full Story »

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 »

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 »

Generating energy underwater from good vibrations

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