Polish energy utility PGE selects PCN Technology for smart grid pilot
Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), Poland's largest utility company, has selected PCN Technology to develop its smart grid pilot launch in Warsaw. The US company has been tasked with integrating PGE's...
View ArticlePACE financier Renewable Funding raises $12.2m Series A round
Renewable Funding, a US financier of property assessed clean energy (PACE) programmes, has closed a $12.2m Series A funding. Investment was led by NGEN Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, with other...
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TPI Composites expands Turkish footprint through JV with Alke Insaat
TPI Composites has formed a joint venture with Turkey-based manufacturing company Alke Insaat to manufacture large wind turbine blades.
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Mitsui takes 25% stake in Scotland’s renewables player GEG
Japan-based Mitsui has secured a 25 per cent stake in Global Energy Group (GEG) in what has been rumoured as a multimillion-pound deal.
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Stock round-up: Assessing the value of efficiency
Recent NewNet investor profiles have indicated a growing favour in the cleantech financial community for funding energy efficiency projects and companies, seeing this area as more commercially secure...
View ArticleCofely purchases UK power centre from Humber Energy
Cofely, a UK-based energy and environmental services provider, has purchased a large scale energy centre from Humber Energy.
View ArticleABB to fund 40 energy saving research projects at universities worldwide
ABB, a power and automation technology company headquartered in Switzerland, has selected 40 energy-saving research projects for funding after choosing from over 500 proposals.
View ArticleImperial Innovations-backed Nexeon secures chemicals giant Wacker as...
Nexeon, a UK battery materials and licensing company backed by Imperial Innovations, has signed a partnership and investment agreement with German chemical company Wacker.
View ArticleSolar printer Notion Systems bags seed funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds
Notion Systems, a producer of inkjet and laser systems for photovoltaics, printed electronics, and printed circuit boards, has received funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) alongside a...
View ArticleSiemens signs MoU with Qatar’s Green Gulf
Siemens has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Green Gulf that will see the two cooperate on the development of energy efficiency and urban transport projects.
View ArticleGDF Suez signs demand response solutions agreement with Viridity Energy
GDF Suez Energy Resources, a US-based retail electricity provider, has signed an agreement to provide demand response solutions to Viridity Energy.
View ArticlePhilips unveils ‘most energy efficiency’ LED light
Philips has developed an LED lamp it describes as ‘the world’s most energy-efficient’.
View ArticleRaiffeisenbank receives €7.5m credit from EBRD for Bulgarian energy investment
Raiffeisenbank has signed a second line of credit for €7.5m under the Bulgarian Programme for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, allowing its local arm to expand financing for sustainable energy...
View ArticleSustainability solutions company Optimum Energy boosts team with GE Energy exec
Seattle-based Optimum Energy, a provider of enterprise optimisation and sustainability solutions, has hired former GE Energy executive Erik Leonard as VP of business development.
View ArticleBill Gates-backed waterless toilet seeks funding for Western expansion
London-based Loowatt, which received a $1m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in late June, has exclusively told NewNet that it will seek further funding to develop its business in...
View ArticleTransport efficiency company Zendrive raises $1.5m seed funding
San Francisco, California-based efficient transport company Zendrive has raised $1.5m in seed financing.
View ArticleMilitary energy efficiency, storage supplier Earl Energy raises $1m
Military energy efficiency and storage systems supplier Earl Energy has raised $1m.
View ArticleSustainable transport app Driveway Software receives $1.3m
Transport efficiency company Driveway Software has received $1.3m in funding from five investors.
View ArticleUK green investment firm Foresight provides IEL £350,000
UK green investment firm Foresight has provided £350,000 in financing to Industrial Efficiency Limited, an energy efficiency company.
View ArticleEuropean Investment Bank boosts Lithuanian energy efficient housing by €40m
The European Investment Bank is to give a boost to Lithuanian energy efficiency initiatives with a €40m loan to Šiaulių bankas.
View ArticleUK launches £6m grant funding for heating and cooling networks
The UK is to launch a £6m grant funding programme to help local authorities in England and Wales develop new heating and cooling networks, as well as expand existing networks.
View ArticleBig data company Enmetric systems appoints new advisory board
California-based energy efficiency and big data company Enmetric Systems has appointed seven prominent industry leaders to its advisory board in order to scale-up its business.
View ArticleConsumer attitudes towards cleantech move into the green
Consumer attitudes towards clean energy technologies has become increasingly positive, spurring a boost in deployment of green energy generation.
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