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Thin film crowd prompts merger of Sunfilm with Q-Cells subsidiary

April 29, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - New German company expects to be one of the largest producers of tandem junction thin film silicon solar modules in the world, with 169 MWp of production capacity. Full Story »

Swedish port city in green transformation

April 28, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Cleantech Forum XXII kicks off with a tour of the green building and technology advancements helping to make Malmo's Western Harbor a zero-emission part of the city. Full Story »

UK: No new coal without CCS

April 28, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Standards for new plants increase over time, reaching 100 percent of emissions captured by 2025. Full Story »

Carbon Trust in £20M hunt for offshore turbine foundations

April 27, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Competition seeks sturdier foundations for wind turbines to withstand the harsh conditions in the deep ocean that hold vast potential for producing electricity. Full Story »

Inside cleantech Europe: That was the week that was!

April 23, 2009 - by Andrew Thomson - The UK government pledges to spend £1B more on cleantech, while new European industry standards are proposed for electric cars and marine energy.

100MW solar plant to make Vatican a net energy exporter

April 20, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - World's biggest solar farm is expected to cost the world's smallest nation $660 million and take advantage of Italy's generous feed-in tariff. Full Story »

UK to spend £250M on electric car incentives

April 17, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Government offers £5,000 subsidies for electric cars, as well as a plan to eventually build charging stations for plug-in vehicles. Full Story »

Monsanto strikes back at Germany, UCS

April 17, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Biotech corn developer says it's pursuing all legal options to overturn Germany's new ban on genetically modified corn. Full Story »

Inside cleantech Europe: That was the week that was!

April 16, 2009 - by Andrew Thomson - Germany bans genetically modified maize, while Israel sets a goal to cut home water usage by 10 percent this year.

Is biomass worse than fossil fuels?

April 14, 2009 - Best of the web - Planting energy crops could produce more carbon dioxide emissions than burning the fossil fuels being replaced, according to the UK's Environment Agency. Full Story »

Double-whammy hits genetically modified crops

April 14, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Germany becomes the latest country to defy an EU ruling and outlaw GM crops, while the Union of Concerned Scientists say GM crops offer little added benefit. Full Story »

Inside cleantech Europe: That was the week that was!

April 8, 2009 - by Andrew Thomson - The aviation industry opposes wind farms, but a new UK investment fund is seeking technologies to address the conflict. Also, cleaner cars find more support in the EU.

Norway channels billions into cleantech

April 6, 2009 - by Lizette Wilson Chapman - Government fund backed by oil profits, one of the largest in the world, to invest $3.1 B in clean technologies through 2013. Full Story »

U.K. algae biofuel co. BioMara launches

April 6, 2009 - by Lizette Wilson Chapman - Researchers funded by a consortium of European governments and institutions to investigate algae strains most optimal for remote rural biofuel production. Full Story »

£500,000 powers Scottish wind turbine company

April 3, 2009 - by Lizette Wilson Chapman - The infusion aims to propel company’s product development and expand senior management. Full Story »

Israel to export $2.5B in water technologies by 2011

March 31, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - National group says Israel continues to push advanced water projects while governments elsewhere have ceased investing in the sector. Full Story »

Spain leads 2008 solar market

March 30, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Global market reaches 15 GW installed capacity, but Spain could lose market-leader position in 2009 because of reduced incentives. Full Story »

Jet Metal pulls €2.5M for clean coating technology

March 25, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - French company develops metallization process that reduces the need for chemicals and the generation of wastewater. Full Story »

Ireland pushes for fast action on small-scale renewables

March 23, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Government establishes a short window for eligibility for new feed-in tariffs and subsidies for micro-generation projects in wind, solar, hydro and combined heat-and-power. Full Story »

Think goes Dutch

March 20, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Electric carmaker begins first shipment of Th!nk City vehicles to the Netherlands through deal with ElmoNet. Full Story »
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