Ikea spends big on clean tech start ups

Here’s an interesting one from the folk over at Cleantech. Apparently, it seems, everyone’s favourite Swedish monolithic furniture flogger and Edmonton riot provoker Ikea is getting out its wallet and spanking a nice round €50 million on clean tech start ups. Presumably it just went into the shop for a couple of cereal bowls and a pack…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 7, 20082Comments

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Bosch, Samsung unite on hybrid batteries

Today's Lady is Bosch, today's Tramp is Samsung and the string of spaghetti drawing them together is a hybrid car battery joint venture. Greenbang thinks they'll make a wonderful couple and is already buying her hat. The 50-50 joint venture will bear the name of SB LiMotive and should be up and running from this September.…

ByThe Global ViewJune 19, 20080Comments

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Hybrid batteries cost Toyota, Matsushita £98 million

If you want something doing well, do it yourself, goes the saying. Toyota's version might go a bit like this: if you want something doing well, do it yourself and then Matsushita Electric Industrial Co to help you out a bit. And then go and polish your Prius. Toyota has, according to reports, decided to buddy…

ByThe Global ViewMay 28, 20080Comments

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Hydrogen hybrid black cabs coming to London by 2012

What do you expect to see on the streets of London before the 2012 Olympics? A fella with a torch maybe, and some political protesters being wrestled to the ground by burly Chinese military? A lot of confused tourists blocking the escalators at the top of the Tube, as irate commuters stumble over them? Burger…

ByThe Global ViewMay 21, 20080Comments

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Want a hybrid? Now you can update your old banger

Plug-in hybrid cars. There's something about them, isn't there? Is it an image problem? They may not belch out as many nasties as your average car, but they do tend to ferry around worthy celebs and the smugs residing in the country's better post code areas. Greenbang thinks of hybrids, she thinks of Leonardo di…

ByThe Global ViewMay 2, 20080Comments

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Sneak peak at the 50m long eco-yacht

Do you have more money than sense? Why not spend your money on a yacht? More money than sense but with a pang of environmental conscience? Then you might want to treat yourself to an eco-yacht from Sabdes. Or spend your money on buying up spare rainforest and putting it into trust for eternity, but…

ByThe Global ViewApril 16, 20080Comments

Energy

Oorja whips methanol cell out of stealth mode

There's something very appealing about the word stealth. Greenbang imagines Robin Hood, bow drawn, creeping up on a gold-coin-laden noble, ready to make off with the goods and re-distribute the cash to the poor and needy. Stealth is cloaks, daggers and listening around corners. In short, stealth is cool. If you're about to leave…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 19, 20081Comment

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Daimler ready to put laptop batteries in Mercedes

Poor old Janis Joplin, hankering plaintively after that Mercedes Benz. If Joplin were around these days, she might possibly want one of those expensive motors a little bit more, after manufacturer Daimler Chrysler revealed it's made a battery breakthrough. So what's the news, Janis might ask? Greenbang will explain all. Daimer has worked out how to…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 3, 20080Comments

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Tunisian homes get electricity for the first time – from solar

Here's an interesting little development from Tunisia, courtesy of the folks of Kyocera. It seems that solar power is not just doing its thing and getting rid of other carbon-heavy electricity generation, it's also bringing people onto the grid who have never had electricity before. From this year, 500 households in Tunisian villages, currently without electricity…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 15, 20080Comments

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Ikea spends big on clean tech start ups

Bosch, Samsung unite on hybrid batteries

Hybrid batteries cost Toyota, Matsushita £98 million

Hydrogen hybrid black cabs coming to London by 2012

Want a hybrid? Now you can update your old banger

Sneak peak at the 50m long eco-yacht

Oorja whips methanol cell out of stealth mode

Daimler ready to put laptop batteries in Mercedes

Tunisian homes get electricity for the first time – from solar

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