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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.

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. Full Story »

Startup uses RoboTuna to improve wind tech

November 4, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Cyprus-based AeroVortex Mills is one of four new companies the Cleantech Group spotted in the past week looking to raise money. Details in the Pitch o’ the week. Full Story »

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. Full Story »

Swiss power electronics firm set for wind growth in China

October 27, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - IDS is projecting a revenue increase of 10 to 30 percent for 2010 from its converter technology used in the renewable energy market. 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. Full Story »

38 MW farm to boost EDF’s wind energy presence in Europe

October 21, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - French power producer said the new wind facility in Greece is expected to include 19 turbines from Vestas Wind Systems. Full Story »

Trinity College Dublin looks to bring cleantech innovation to market

October 20, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Commercialization partners and investment are now needed for new technologies, which have been government supported by Enterprise Ireland. Full Story »

Origo Sino-India to merge with UK cleantech PE firm

October 20, 2009 - Best of the web - The combined entity is expected to have a $60.7 million market cap with a focus on investments in China. Full Story »
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