NEWNET: Amyris Biotechnologies raises $30m debt

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

1 August 2013 – Today’s Top Stories on NewNet Deepwater Wind wins both leases offshore Massachusetts, Rhode Island Latest on NewNet Asian and US solar companies rebound as quarterly results come through. Get exclusive and indepth information with a New Energy World Network premium subscription. NOT A MEMBER? SUBSCRIBE TODAY …

UK reveals shortlist for next phase of £1bn CCS competition

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity

Europe’s biggest solar, wind and bioenergy companies to participate in next week’s Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit  Deal News UK reveals shortlist for next phase of £1bn CCS competition Clean Harbors buys oil recycler Safety-Kleen for $1.25bn Offshore project developer Windreich to sell 400MW MEG I Click to read more…

How to Create Resilient Agriculture

kristyEarth Systems Science

How to create resilient agriculture Food security is critical to the mission of Rio+20, writes Gordon Conway, Imperial College London. The threats are numerous: repeated food price spikes; shortages of good-quality land and water; rising energy energy and fertiliser prices; and the consequences of climate change… More Livelihoods, water and …

After Solyndra… Cleantech Investing Still Makes Sense

kristyGreen Prosperity

After Solyndra… Cleantech Investing Still Makes Sense [Excerpt from SJF Ventures’ Managing Director, Dave Kirkpatrick’s, blog post] Given the recent bankruptcies of U.S. solar manufacturers Solyndra, Spectrawatt and Evergreen Solar, some are asking if cleantech investing is viable. At SJF, our cleantech portfolio companies are achieving great results, particularly utilizing …

Solar Developer Profile: Scatec North America

kristyGreentech

Solar Developer Profile: Scatec North America An emerging solar project developer in North America with 156 megawatts permitted. China’s Self-Sustaining Solar Economy If global solar demand were to evaporate, China could weather the storm. Mixed Greens: SmartSynch and Qualcomm Open an Apps Storefront, eMeter Takes MDM to the Cloud Partnerships …

New GTM Research Report: The U.S. Utility PV Market

Ethical MarketsGreentech

GTM Research’s latest report, The U.S. Utility PV Market: Demand, Players, Strategy and Project Economics Through 2015 is now available for purchase! This report examines in detail the factors that will contribute to making the U.S. utility PV market a $8 billion per year sector by 2015, which includes utility …

Biodiesel firm Gushan buys copper recycler

kristyGreen Prosperity

DEALS NEWS Biodiesel firm Gushan buys copper recycler Listing of India’s Oriental Green Power undersubscribed GreenFire Energy secures CO2 geothermal fluid federal research grant Wood Group acquires stake in renewable specialist SgurrEnergy Warburg Pincus leads $201m investment in Brazilian hydro company Ceramic Fuel Cells raises AUD$30m for working capital Sharp …