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Biofuels
Marvel mutants
November 6, 2009 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
“We’ve developed mutants that produce hydrogen.”
— Ben Hankamer, director of the Solar Biofuels Consortium, on engineered super algae that could produce large quantities of hydrogen (Full story »)
Genome structures hold secrets to boosting bioethanol production?
November 6, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Researchers are looking to identify genetic changes that could help
engineer new yeast strains, leading to more efficient bioethanol
production.
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Panning for gold between industry and science
Interesting nuggets remain to be found in last quarter's cleantech venture data.
For instance, as a percentage of early stage deals done in last quarter's cleantech venture data (3Q09), alternative energy ventures—in particular solar, followed by energy efficiency and materials—received the largest share of early stage venture deals done.
This tells us a few things when compared to this quarter’s main investment trends:
India, EU lead the week’s agribusiness investments
November 5, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Agriculture’s funding streak continues with five deals, including a $365M acquisition. Details of this, plus 31 deals we spotted in the past seven days.
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China National Petroleum, UOP team on biofuels project
November 4, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
The companies said they plan to evaluate producing clean diesel and renewable jet fuel from Chinese feedstocks.
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World not yet ready for super algae
October 30, 2009 - by Dallas Kachan -
An international consortium has a new strain of oil-producing algae that also produces large quantities of high grade hydrogen. But it’s a GMO, and that’s slowing trials.
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New ag deals make it a sector to watch
October 29, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Mobile precision agriculture networking tech and organic Chinese fertilizer were among the 27 cleantech deals Cleantech Group saw in the past seven days.
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VW fleet to run on Basel city garbage?
October 28, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology research is expected to be tested over the next year in a real world setting with a near-zero emissions biogas vehicle.
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The height of secrecy
October 23, 2009 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
“We don’t have patents. We will never have patents. It’s a trade secret.”
— EKO GEA CEO Mary Keenan on the Slovenian company’s marine algae extraction process (Full story »)
Second time’s a charm for STR Holdings’ IPO?
October 22, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Connecticut-based solar encapsulant manufacturer looks to break U.S. solar IPO dry spell, plus we spot 15 deals in the past seven days.
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