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AltaRock suspends drilling at DOE-backed project

September 2, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Startup funded by Khosla Ventures, Google and Kleiner Perkins says it plans to explore other locations for engineered geothermal systems. Full Story »

NASA looks at plant biomass as new source of biofuel in space

August 14, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Moffett Field, Calif.-based scientists plan to apply a new bionanotech approach, which breaks down inedible plant material into usable sugars. Full Story »

Watch out Microsoft: Sequoia leads $32M round for eMeter

July 22, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Startup announces its final venture capital round to help it fend off competition from Microsoft, Cisco, Google and others stepping into the smart grid space. Full Story »

Smart grid co. gets $17.3M, heads to Vegas

July 10, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Salt Lake City-based home and business automation company plans to ramp up its development of products that help monitor and control energy use with new funds. Full Story »

4Home, Sensus unveil partnership details

June 17, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Sunnyvale, Calif.-based home control company and leading meter provider offer glimpse of what they plan to achieve together in the energy market. Full Story »

Amsterdam picks Coulomb's EV charging stations

May 29, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - European city is first to install EV charging stations from California’s Coulumb Technologies, with plans to deploy 200 units before 2012. Full Story »

NASA’s got a new way to get biofuel from algae

May 15, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Google-backed experiment has legs at sea, cleaning waste water while removing carbon dioxide from the air. Full Story »

Silver Spring corrals currents in Australian smart grid

April 15, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - First international deal for Silver Spring launches new partnership with UK metering company PRI. Full Story »

Big brother backing cleantech

April 2, 2009 - by Lizette Wilson Chapman - Six governments announced cleantech-related programs this week. Here are details, along with 19 other clean technology finance deals we spotted the last 7 days. Full Story »

Google admits VC rumors

Mountain View, Calif.-based Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has finally admitted there is validity to the long-standing rumors of a dedicated venture capital arm at the Internet giant.

Google has officially launched the VC fund, Google Ventures, with about $100 million to invest in technology startups in in software, cleantech, biotech, health care and the Web.

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