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The official state visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to American President Obama at the White House produced some interesting nuggets of understanding between the two global leaders around green technology and clean energy.
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Not clear to me how the shape of the building contributes to making it greener, but it certainly looks good. From Russian architect Remizov, via CNN.com.
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SunTech may be one of tomorrow's strategic business. China is playing long term.
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The chairman of Build Your Dreams (BYD) one of the world's largest clean tech and electric vehicle manufacturers, Chuanfu Wang, won China's Canton Provincial Award for Individual Contribution the company announced today.
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Even with a great 2010 in the books, analysts say investors shouldn’t expect the growing boom in Chinese cleantech firms going public to slow down in the coming months.
“It’s impossible to overstate the dominance of China in later-stage cleantech capital markets,” says Sheeraz Haji, CEO of research firm The Cleantech Group.
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Venture capitalists, corporations, and governments worldwide pouring $243 billion into wind farms, solar power, electric cars, and other technologies. Grist
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Lack of access to clean water is still a problem for millions of people, but new developments in nanotechnology and a water filter could prove to be effective solutions. By CNN
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Ford Motor Company unveiled its first-ever zero emissions, electric passenger vehicle during Friday's keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. - Las Vegas Sun
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What we hope, expect and dread for 2011. The Greentech media. Happy new year!
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The National Venture Capital Association yesterday released results from a survey of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs which showed that only 38% thought energy investment would increase in 2011. 40% expect it to decline.
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Does green software exist? Hara founder Amit Chatterjee says yes. From entrepreneur.com
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Oil-rich state raises prospect of reduced dependence on fossil fuels through use of nuclear and solar power
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So many EVs now. Are they really good, or are they good for our ego / image? "When Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk took the stage Wednesday for a late afternoon keynote at the Clean-Tech Investor Summit in Indian Wells (...) you could hear the proverbial pin drop." via the Desert Sun
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A new report from Verdantix says that new sustainable technology services are eclipsing the outdated green it services market.
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Intematix has an announcement it says will revolutionize the way LEDs use phosphor: The company is launching a product called ChromaLit, which uses a new design for a phosphor light source for LED makers.
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The California electric-vehicle (EV) startup Coda said it raised $76 million, bringing investment in the company to $200 million as it prepares to begin production.
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The Chinese are spending 1/6th as much as the U.S. on their military and investing twice as much on clean energy technology. Reuters.
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These igloo-shaped devices offer a home for bacteria that can clean wastewater in a system that comes at a affordable price. Discovery News
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From TNW: I recently took part in a debate at a conference about whether crowdsourcing was worthwhile or not. For the record, I was pro-crowdsourcing but if the shortlist here had have been announced at the time, I’d have been all over it as an example of how crowdsourcing can generate really good ideas and not just a bit of short-term hype.
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1- DOE Secretary Steven Chu
2- Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar 3- Tesla CEO Elon Musk 4- Kleiner Perkins Caufield, Byers Partner John Doerr 5- Philanthropist Bill Gates 6- Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn 7- DOE’s Loan Chief Jonathan Silver 8- GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt 9- NRG Energy CEO David Crane 10-Executive Secretary for the UNFCCC Christiana Figueres
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Analysts predict that over the next decade geothermal energy will make up a larger percentage of global energy production.
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The Chevrolet Volt is a green car that is just now starting to head to consumer driveways around the country.
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