Stern: Recession can boost green investment

Nicholas Stern, author of the influential Stern Report on Climate Change, says recession is the ideal time to build a low carbon future. Writing for The Guardian newspaper he said increased government spending should not be focused just on boosting short term demand but promoting growth that can be sustained. He said: “It must be structured carefully…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 23, 20080Comments

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EnOcean harvests €4.5m for green sensors

it's a veritable smorgasbord of green investment today. First up to the proverbial plate of VC goodness is EnOcean, a German firm that specialises in wireless systems for the builiding industry which are powered using 'energy harvesting'. Sounds a bit like what happens to humans in The Matrix, but is in fact far more benign. It…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 22, 20081Comment

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$40m for absolutely Trilliant smart grids

Put on your party hats and spike the punch: it's party time at Trilliant's. The smart grid outfit has landed itself a nice tasty $40m in financing from an affiliate of MissionPoint Capital Partners and zouk ventures, both of whom are rather keen on putting their money into clean tech ventures. What will the company do…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 21, 20080Comments

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Green pesticides land $10m

Apparently, in the US of A, it's rather common practice to put some weird additive in the beer to turn it green on St Patrick's Day. Greenbang wonders why anyone would do such a thing to beer unless it was a punishment or it had gone radioactive, but there you go. Just don't get her…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 15, 20080Comments

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Barclays banks on €20m Marine Renewable Power investment

Remember the heady days of June 2008? Things are so different, you know? Life was simpler. People knew their neighbours and they weren't afraid to leave their doors open. And that Marine Renewable Power, the renewables company set up by Eddie O Connor, the brains behind Airtricity, was just a wee pup. Oh yes, back in…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 14, 20080Comments

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‘Solar as a service’ outfit lands $12m

You can't keep a good buzzword down. Ladies and gentlemen, Greenbang presents the latest in green PR word play 'solar as a service', brought to you courtesy of residential solar provider SunRun. Greenbang might not be too impressed with SunRun's wordage, but she can't fault its business model: homeowners get solar panels through SunRun. They…

ByThe Global ViewJune 27, 20080Comments

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Amplio Partners readies new €50m fund

Greenbang has heard bakers saying their years of pastry slinging puts them off actually eating the sweet treats and burger bar workers equally saying their time spent up to their elbows in grease has convinced them that they'd rather chew on their own elbow than knock back a cheeseburger. Greenbang wonders if fund managers ever get…

ByThe Global ViewJune 18, 20080Comments

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CO2 Solution lands $2.3m for CCS

Greenbang believes the word solution is only acceptable in the following chemistry related joke: If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate! It is not acceptable in the phrase 'ready meal solutions' as it appears in Greenbang's local supermarket. When did the word solutions become an acceptable substitute for the word products?…

ByThe Global ViewJune 12, 20080Comments

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Intel invests secret squirrel amount in smart grids

Do you want to know how much Intel's investment arm, Intel Capital, invested in smart grid company Grid Net? Do you? Huh? Huh? Well, Greenbang's not going to tell you. So there. Not because she doesn't want to mind - Greenbang's not like that - but because she can't. Intel Capital has been boasting about its latest…

ByThe Global ViewJune 11, 20080Comments

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Sapphire’s green crude gets $50m cash injection

More hot news from the world of algae. Hey, there's no oxymoron there: algae is hot, hot, hot. And, apparently, oily. Sapphire Energy has worked out a way of turning CO2 and water into oil with a little help from their friends, photosynthetic microorganisms like algae. With just three magic ingredients, Sapphire can turn out 'green…

ByThe Global ViewJune 4, 20080Comments

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Stern: Recession can boost green investment

EnOcean harvests €4.5m for green sensors

$40m for absolutely Trilliant smart grids

Green pesticides land $10m

Barclays banks on €20m Marine Renewable Power investment

‘Solar as a service’ outfit lands $12m

Amplio Partners readies new €50m fund

CO2 Solution lands $2.3m for CCS

Intel invests secret squirrel amount in smart grids

Sapphire’s green crude gets $50m cash injection

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