Lighting Science Group Files Registration for Public Offering of Common Stock

According to the press release, “Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTCBB: LSCG), a leading American maker of LED lighting, has filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering for the sale of $150,000,000 of its common stock. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC [...]

EnerNOC Acquires M2M Communications

Press release states, ” EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC) today announced that it has acquired M2M Communications, a leading provider of wireless technology solutions for energy management and demand response. M2M manages hundreds of megawatts of demand response capacity throughout the United States and has contracts with leading utilities including Pacific Gas and Electric, Idaho Power, [...]

Solopower Announces New Solar Panel Manufacturing Facility in Oregon

According to the press release, “SoloPower, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of flexible, thin film solar cells and modules, announces it will locate a high volume manufacturing facility in Wilsonville, Oregon. The initial phase of this expansion will be the construction of a 75 MW manufacturing line which will create 170 new jobs. Upon completion, the [...]

GE buys Lineage Power from The Gores Group

According to the press release, “GE (NYSE: GE) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire privately-held Lineage Power Holdings, Inc., from The Gores Group, LLC. Lineage Power is a leading global provider of high-efficiency power conversion infrastructure technology and services for the telecommunications and datacenter industries. The deal will open the door for GE [...]

Mascoma, Frontier Renewable Resources and Valero Ink Deal to Develop Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery

According to the press release, ” Mascoma Corporation, an innovative biofuels company, today announced that Valero Energy Corporation, the nation’s largest independent oil refiner, has invested in Mascoma Corporation. Further, Mascoma, Valero, and Mascoma’s operating subsidiary, Frontier Renewable Resources LLC, jointly owned with natural resource management company, J.M. Longyear LLC, have signed a non-binding letter [...]

Texas files again to block EPA carbon rules in state

Reuters reports, “Texas on Thursday filed a fresh motion in federal appeals court to block the Obama Administration’s attempts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in the state, one day after another federal court rejected the state’s petitions. At issue is the state’s lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to prevent the agency from forcing [...]

Abound Solar closes $400 million loan guarantee from US DOE and $110 million equity investment

Press release states, “Abound Solar, a manufacturer of next-generation, cadmium telluride, thin-film photovoltaic solar modules, today announced that it has closed on a $400 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to fund the expansion of the company’s manufacturing capacity. The company also announced that it has raised an additional $110 million [...]

LS9 Raises $30 Million to Ready Products for Commercial Production

The press release states, “LS9, Inc. today announced that it has received $30 million in its latest round of funding. BlackRock, a prestigious, global-reaching firm with over $3 trillion in assets under management, led the investment round. All previous investors also participated in the round, including; Flagship Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and CTTV [...]

Elevance Renewable Sciences Raises $100 Million in Series C Financing

According to the  press release, “Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. announced today that it has raised $100 million in its Series C financing round. Elevance produces high performance ingredients for use in personal care products, detergents, lubricants and other specialty chemicals and fuel markets from renewable feedstocks. Naxos Capital Partners led the round with additional new [...]

Southwest Windpower Acquires SunWind Solutions

Southwest Windpower, the world’s leading supplier of distributed wind generators, today announced the acquisition of SunWind Solutions, an advanced software developer for renewable energy systems. The acquisition supports Southwest Windpower’s underlying ambition to make clean, affordable energy available to everyone. SunWind Solutions’ core competency lies in the development of web-based software that makes renewable energy [...]

Sempra Energy, RBS complete sale of commodities JV North American assets to JP Morgan unit

The press release states, “Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) and The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) today completed the sale of key North American assets of RBS Sempra Commodities to J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corp., a unit of JP Morgan Chase & Co. The assets include wholesale natural gas and power trading agreements, as well as [...]

Racktivity Secures $8 Million in Series B Funding

According to the press release, “Racktivity, an innovator in next-generation energy and uptime management solutions for data centers, today announced the closing of an $8 million Series B round of financing led by Partech International, with the participation of existing investor Big Bang Ventures. The funds will be used to accelerate Racktivity’s product, technology and [...]

Boeing has started mass production of its Newest Terrestrial Solar Cell

Press release states, “The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that Spectrolab, a wholly owned subsidiary, has started mass production of its newest terrestrial solar cell, the C3MJ+. With an average conversion efficiency of 39.2 percent, C3MJ+ will be the industry’s highest-efficiency cell. The concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells — used for renewable energy — draw [...]

Etrion and SunPower Partner on Italian Solar Power Plants Totaling 10 Megawatts

Press release states, “Etrion Corporation (TSX: ETX) (OMX: ETX), an independent solar power producer, and SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB), a US-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced an agreement to build two solar power plants, totaling 10 megawatts, in the Puglia region of Italy. Etrion will own the [...]

NewWorld Capital Group invests in Coolerado Corporation

The press release states, “NewWorld Capital Group today announced a strategic investment in Coolerado Corporation, a manufacturer of super-energy-efficient air conditioning systems for commercial and residential applications. Electrical energy costs associated with commercial air conditioning exceed $45 billion in the United States alone, representing more than a third of total electricity consumed in these buildings. [...]

Siemens to Acquire Site Controls

According to the press release, “The Building Technologies Division of Siemens Industry, Inc. announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire Site Controls, LLC, the Austin, Texas-based provider of enterprise-wide energy management solutions for multi-site commercial businesses. Terms of the acquisition are not disclosed and closing is subject to U.S. antitrust review and approval. [...]

Team’s Work Uses a Virus to Convert Methane to Ethylene

According to the NY Times, “A team of molecular biologists and materials scientists said Monday they had genetically engineered a virus to convert methane to ethylene more efficiently and at a significantly lower temperature than previously possible. If they are successful in commercializing the new material, it will herald the arrival of a set of [...]

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Kicks Off Clean Energy Biz Dev in Hong Kong

According to the press release, “U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke arrived in Hong Kong today for the first stop of a clean energy business development trade mission to promote exports of leading U.S. technologies and services related to clean energy, energy efficiency, and electric energy storage, transmission and distribution. The mission will continue through May [...]

Hopes for $2 trillion global carbon market fade

According to Reuters, “Investors are becoming less convinced that a global carbon market, estimated to be worth about $2 trillion by the end of the decade, can be established as uncertainty over global climate policy persists. The absence of legally binding global climate deal and a federal emissions trading scheme in the United States are [...]

U.S. Chamber Files Petition to Challenge EPA’s Triggering of Clean Air Act Regulation

According to the US Chamber of Commerce, “Steven J. Law, chief legal officer and general counsel of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, today issued the following statement on the Chamber’s intention to challenge EPA’s decision to trigger Clean Air Act regulation: “The U.S. Chamber strongly supports efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, [...]

U.S. carbon market growth seen without climate bill

According to Reuters, “Voluntary carbon markets in the United States will grow especially at the regional level even if a stalled federal climate bill fails to impose “cap and trade” on American industry, the chairman of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) said on Tuesday. “I think we will continue to see interest in voluntary carbon [...]

Bunge Limited to Expand Sugar and Bioenergy Business in Brazil

According to the Press Release, “Bunge Limited (“Bunge”) (NYSE: BG) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to become the 100% owner of Usina Moema Participacoes S.A. (“Moema Par”). Moema Par is a holding company that wholly owns one sugarcane mill in Brazil and has ownership interests in five others. Together, the cluster [...]

United States Announces $1 Billion to Reduce Forest Emissions

According to the Press Release, “Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the United States, joined by Australia, France, Japan, Norway, and the United Kingdom, agreed, in the context of an ambitious and comprehensive outcome in Copenhagen, to dedicate a total of USD3.5 billion as initial public finance towards slowing, halting and eventually reversing deforestation in [...]

First Solar Becomes First PV Company to Produce 1GW in a Single Year

According to the Press Release, “First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has manufactured and shipped more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of its photovoltaic (PV) solar modules in 2009, becoming the first PV company to attain this production volume in a single year. One gigawatt of solar modules produces enough electricity to serve the [...]

United Technologies Corp. to Invest in Clipper Windpower

According to the Press Release, “United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) today announced it has agreed to acquire a 49.5 percent stake in Clipper Windpower Plc (CWP.L), a California-based wind turbine manufacturer that trades on the AIM London Stock Exchange. UTC’s total investment will be £166 million (approximately $270 million) to purchase a combination of 84.3 million [...]

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