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A quest for CO2 and O2 optimal management with biofuel from algae

November 20, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - New partnership between Linde, Algenol Biofuels looks to develop technologies that work with Algenol’s algae and photobioreactors. Full Story »

PG&E looks at compressed air to meet RPS target

November 19, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - California utility is addressing backfire from smart meters, defending its relationship with BrightSource and exploring new forms of renewables. Full Story »

New funds to help cleantech pipeline flow

November 19, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Six new funds look for investments, as UK tidal energy company wraps up a nearly $45 million round. Details of this, plus we spot 29 deals in the past seven days. Full Story »

Cleantech Open gala goes global, honors winners

November 17, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - The fourth annual business plan competition doles out funds for cleantech startups, with California's EcoFactor taking the grand prize. Full Story »

The upside of upconversion

November 17, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - University of Sydney researchers are looking to boost solar cell efficiencies by harvesting an unused part of the solar spectrum. Full Story »

China’s Suntech to set up U.S. manufacturing plant in Arizona

November 16, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - New facility with an initial capacity of 30 MW is expected to help the crystalline silicon PV module manufacturer reduce shipping costs. Full Story »

Flurry of small solar deals tops busy week

November 12, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Energy efficiency also a major winner with $124M in new venture backing. Details of this, plus we spot 36 deals in the past seven days. Full Story »

Suntech starts on first 10 MW of Jiangsu solar project

November 9, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - PV module maker takes on initial project under strategic agreement with China Huadian New Energy Development. Full Story »

AES raises $1.58B with China Investment

November 6, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Power company brings in new capital with Beijing-based investment institution as it plans to sell minority stake in wind business for $571M. Full Story »

Patently unobvious

Beyond all the discussions about emissions reductions and capping and trading at the COP15 climate change meetings this December, expect to hear a persistent sub-theme about tech transfer between developed countries and lesser developed ones.

And the topic of cleantech intellectual property rights (IPR)—and who should own them—is only going to become more of a focus as clean technologies are asked to scale, particularly in the developing world.

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