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Cleantech deals don't slow in final weeks of '08

December 18, 2008 - Exclusive - Cleantech closes the year with a bang, with a record 41 deals announced that span efficiency, biopesticides, solar and biofuels. Full Story »

Small deals in wind, bioplastic, lighting lead the week

December 11, 2008 - Exclusive - Of 26 deals this week, nearly half are worth less than $20 million, while investors launch $5.36 billion in new funds. Full Story »

Ag tech, fuel cells thrive in busy week for deals

December 4, 2008 - Exclusive - Two sectors that cater to developing economies pull $31 million in funding in a week of 26 deals across the globe. Full Story »

Cleantech Group predicts shakeout, long-term growth

November 25, 2008 - Exclusive - Current economic uncertainty makes finding investors more difficult but could create a 'more sustainable, more enduring' sector, Cleantech Group says. Full Story »

Mission NewEnergy claims breakthrough at bioethanol pilot plant

November 12, 2008 - News brief - Indian pilot plant produces cellulosic ethanol with waste material from jatropha and other non-food agriculture. Full Story »

Red woodsmen

November 11, 2008 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
“Foresters by nature are conservative folk."
— Tom Urban, CEO of CellFor, about why the timber industry is slowly, but increasingly, adopting seedlings developed through somatic embryogenesis. Read article »

Nexus India to invest in two Hyderabad firms

November 10, 2008 - Best of the web - Venture firm examining Indian companies as part of new $220 million cleantech fund. Full Story »

What economic slowdown?

November 6, 2008 - Exclusive - The cleantech sector drove $2 billion in dealmaking this week in 22 transactions, including new capital to electric carmakers Miles Electric Vehicles and Tesla Motors. Full Story »

CellFor grabs $10M for improved tree seedlings

November 5, 2008 - Exclusive - Varietal seedlings have the potential to increase timber yields, reduce diseases and produce high-value wood. Full Story »

Waste Recycling Group acquires UK recycler

October 10, 2008 - News brief - Subsidiary of Spain's FCC expands UK presence as it develops energy-from-waste and recycling plants. Full Story »
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