Clean Energy Digest

Last week Google.org announced their latest round of clean energy investments which are geared towards the development of unconventional geothermal technology. A total of about 11 million dollars will be invested across two companies and a university in order to lower the cost, improve the technical feasibility and expand research in the area of Enhanced [...]

Notable clean energy investments for the week of June 8, 2008.
$45 trillion urged in battling carbon emissions “ The International Energy Agency said Friday that investment totaling $45 trillion might be needed over the next half-century to prevent energy shortages and greenhouse gas emissions from undermining global economic growth.”
Clear Skies Solar plans $44 million Californian [...]

Notable clean energy investments for the week of May 18, 2008.
Iberdrola commits $8B investment to U.S. cleantech sector “Spanish utility and renewable heavyweight Iberdrola has revealed that it will invest a hefty $8 billion in the American cleantech sector over the next 3 years. Though it plans on focusing most of its investment activities in [...]

Notable clean energy investments for the week of May 11, 2008.
Duke Energy plans $100M investment in solar ” Duke Energy Carolinas is ramping up plans to generate some of its own renewable energy. That will include a $100 million investment in rooftop solar energy, a program that will involve working with commercial and even [...]

Notable clean energy investments for the week of April 27, 2008.
Government of Canada Invests Over $13.6 Million in Vancouver’s Fuel Cell Industry “The Government of Canada today announced a $13.6 million investment in the National Research Council (NRC)’s Vancouver-based fuel cell and hydrogen industry and officially opened the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Gateway”
DOE Makes up [...]

Notable clean energy investments for the week of March 9, 2008.

DOE and USDA to Invest Up to $18.4 Million in Biomass Projects “DOE and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on March 4 that they will invest up to $18.4 million in 31 biomass research, development, and demonstration projects over the next three years.”
General [...]

Notable clean energy investments for the week of February 24, 2008.
Walmart Pledges $500K For UC Davis Energy Center “Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which has embraced conservation measures as a way to cut costs at its giant stores, said Friday it will provide $500,000 over five years to support programs at the Energy Efficiency Center at University [...]

Notable clean energy investments for the week of February 10, 2008.
Investors Pledge $10 Billion for Renewable Energy “U.S. institutional investors pledged at a U.N. summit on Thursday to invest $10 billion over two years in technologies that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to pressure companies to disclose their risks associated with climate change.”
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