Cleantech ticker: 3 March 2009
Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates:
- UK-based Liberty Electric Cars says it will begin producing a zero-emissions, electric Range Rover this year;
- Half of all US residents surveyed by researchers at Duke University say they expect another nation will take the lead in dealing with technology challenges this century;
- NV Energy and Solar Millenium have entered into an agreement to develop one or more solar power facilities in southern Nevada;
- Index Ventures today announced the closing of a €350 million early stage fund for investments in technology, biotechnology and clean technology startups across Europe, the United States and Israel;
- Pure H2O Bio-Technologies says it sees enormous potential for its disinfection technology as water-delivery systems around the world age or fail;
- Scientists at Boston College have produced nanonets of titanium and silicon that can boost the performance of wires used in electronics and energy applications;
- Researchers at North Carolina State University say they’ve developed a way to safely reduce the amount of steel needed to make concrete beams for large-scale building construction;
- The US House of Representatives has shelved plans to purchase carbon offsets in an effort to achieve carbon neutrality;
- Industrial Nanotech has entered the solar energy market after successful field tests of its Nansulate® Solar coating to increase solar panel efficiency;
- Evolution Solar Corporation recently received its first order for $80 million worth of polysilicon wafers from a solar energy company;
- Navajo Wind Energy has received a confirmation letter of financing for its 50-percent joint venture to develop a 35-megawatt wind farm in China.
