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...In 2022, private equity investment in renewable energy and cleantech in the US alone stood at more than $26bn, up from about $16bn in 2021, according to the AIC....
...In particular, companies developing new solar panels, batteries, biofuels, other energy materials and manufacturing processes collectively destroyed over 80 per cent of the initial capital investment by...
...Both are among those on the 2012 Global Cleantech 100 Companies, a list put together by the Cleantech Group that takes stock of companies and types of companies that are likely to make the biggest commercial...
...Advanced biofuels have largely been the only clean-tech category for which the IPO window has stayed open....
...In the Cleantech Group’s 2011 Global Greentech report – which identifies the top 100 clean-tech companies around the world – some 42 of those in last year’s list have dropped out, reflecting the high casualty...
...Shareez Haji, president of the Cleantech Group, said: “The bounceback that we predicted is beginning to materialise.”...
...In what promises to be a dismal year for cleantech investment, there are two early bright spots....
...The alliance – “Cleantech to Market” – began late last year as a pilot programme....
...Alternative sources of electricity, from solar to biofuels, are still far from competitive with coal....
...Biofuels have fallen from grace dramatically because of fears over sustainability. In addition, they were heavily geared and had supply risk....
...“An awareness of cleantech has exploded across the world, with the US investing in biofuel, China in solar power and Europe declining to be left behind,” says Ed Hugo, an analyst at Library House....
...Rob Day: cleantechvc.blogspot.com ■ One of the theses of cleantech Investing is that the investor interest being focused on solar and biofuels right now will eventually dig deeper into the other intriguing...
...Investment in clean technology start-ups rose 16 per cent to $903m in the first quarter of this year, according to Cleantech Forum’s latest figures....
...What do you think is the outlook for cleantech and renewables in the current economic landscape?Federico Caprotti, London Stephen Schork: I think very positive....
...Brazil’s ethanol industry, says Nicholas Parker of Cleantech Venture Network, has relied on big subsidies and “went through two booms and busts and has taken 30 years to get where it is”....
...Shares in biofuel companies – which make vehicle fuels from plants – leapt after President George W....
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