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Marrone Organic Innovations raises $10M for green pesticides

Marrone Organic Innovations, a Davis, Calif.-based based maker of natural pesticides and weed killers, has wrapped up a $10 million second round of funding and expects a second closing of $1 million later this month. The round was led by Stuart Mill Venture Partners and… Continue Reading

Small technology, big impact: MemPro Ceramics’ catalytic filters aim to clean up the energy and automotive industries

The next big cleantech innovation may, ironically, come from a company that thinks small. Nanotechnology, a multidisciplinary field of applied science that operates at the atomic or molecular level, is increasingly making the leap from the lab setting to the startup phase, with firms like… Continue Reading

Changing World Technologies, a maker of biodiesel and fertilizers, files for $100M IPO

Proving that there’s still life in the ailing IPO market — well, at least in the cleantech sector — Changing World Technologies, a West Hempstead, New York-based maker of biodiesel and organic fertilizers, has filed papers with the SEC to raise up to $100 million…. Continue Reading

Jiangsu Shunda, a maker of solar components, plans to raise $1B from IPO

Jiangsu Shunda, a Yangzhou, China-based manufacturer of solar equipment, has set its sights high for its upcoming IPO, telling Reuters that it plans on raising $1 billion from its listing on the NYSE during the first half of 2009.

The company supplies silicon wafers to several… Continue Reading

Ausra rakes in $24.5M for solar thermal power

A little over a month after opening its first 130,000-square-foot factory in Las Vegas, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Ausra, a developer of utility-level solar thermal power, has raised $24.5 million in a third roundof  funding from returning investors Khosla Ventures and KPCB. New investor KERN Partners,… Continue Reading

ReCellular dials up $15M for cell phone recycling

Don’t throw away that used mobile phone just yet — chances are ReCellular, a Dexter, Mich.-based phone recycling firm, can help find it a new home. One of the world’s leading cell phone recyclers, it has just raised $15 million in first round funding from… Continue Reading

Ontario makes dark horse bid for North American cleantech crown

While the United States has remained at an impasse over the extension of its clean energy tax credits, the Canadian province of Ontario has been busy positioning itself as a go-to destination for cleantech’s mountains of cash.

Ontario initiated a flurry of incentive programs aimed at… Continue Reading

First Wind files for $450M IPO

It’s been a busy time for cleantech IPOs. Several companies, including GT Solar, Noble Environmental Power and Real Goods Solar, have thrown their hats in the ring in recent weeks — though often with little success. The latest is First Wind, a Newton, Mass.-based wind… Continue Reading

Specialized Technology Resources, a maker of solar equipment, files for $300M IPO

Specialized Technology Resources (STR) Holdings, an Enfield, Conn.-based manufacturer of solar cell encapsulants, has filed for an IPO that could be worth as much as $300 million in common stock. It plans to trade on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “PVS”; Goldman Sachs and… Continue Reading

FTL Solar raises $250,000 for thin-film solar

FTL Solar, a New York-based maker of thin-film solar cells, has secured $250,000 from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). In total, the company has received over $450,000 in funding from NYSERDA for R&D efforts.

The well-capitalized firm, which recently closed its… Continue Reading

H2scan raises $4M for hydrogen monitoring technology

H2scan, a Valencia, Calif.-based maker of hydrogen sensing devices, has received $4 million in fourth round funding from Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, H5 Capital, Tri-Strip Associates, TGB Partners and Ravinia Venture Fund. Members of the Tech Coast and Pasadena Angels also joined the round; all… Continue Reading

Waste Remedies raises $7.5M for waste management consulting

Waste Remedies, a St. Louis, MO-based firm that helps businesses reduce their waste management costs and inefficiencies, has secured $7.25 million in second round funding from Advantage Capital Partners, working in partnership with Southwest Bank.

The proceeds will be used to expand the company’s 12-person team… Continue Reading

HelioVolt hopes for a fast scale-up with high-efficiency CIGS process

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These are heady times for the thin-film solar industry. The sector’s dominant player, First Solar, has been on a tear of late, recently announcing it would build a second 10 megawatt power plant in Nevada, while Miasole, once thought to be ailing, has… Continue Reading

CarbonFlow raises $2.9M for carbon trading software

CarbonFlow, a San Francisco, Calif.-based developer of carbon trading software, has secured $2.9 million in first round funding. It was led by Clean Pacific Ventures, with OVP Venture Partners and New Zealand-based Meridian Energy, a strategic partner, also taking part. One of the firm’s cofounders… Continue Reading

Athenix raises $10M for biofuels and specialty chemicals

Athenix, a Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based maker of processes and products for agricultural and bioenergy applications, has raked in $10 million from existing investors Hunt Ventures, Intersouth Partners and Polaris Venture Partners, reports PEHub.

The company sells genes and enzymes that can be used to… Continue Reading

Marquiss Wind Power acquires Cirrus Technologies

Folsom, Calif.-based Marquiss Wind Power, a manufacturer of roof-top wind turbines, has scooped up Carson City, Nev.-based Cirrus Technologies, a player in the small wind sector. The holder of 7 patents, Cirrus is testing its turbine technology for a major utility.

Founded in 2006, Marquiss Wind… Continue Reading

GreenRoad Technologies raises $3M for fuel economy and driver safety technology

GreenRoad Technologies, a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based firm with offices in Israel and London, has added another $3 million in funding to its $14.5 million third round, courtesy of Amadeus Capital Partners. The European VC joins previous investors Virgin Green Fund, Benchmark Capital and Balderton Capital.

The… Continue Reading

Deerpath Energy raises $3.5M for small wind turbines

Deerpath Energy, a Marblehead, Mass.-based developer of micro-wind turbines, has raised $3.5 million in funding from RockPort Capital Partners. Little else is known about the wind startup, which was founded earlier this year by Kellogg Warner.

The company seeks to carve itself a niche in the… Continue Reading

LanzaTech taps carbon monoxide emissions to produce ethanol

At first glance, LanzaTech’s plan to use bacterial fermentation to convert waste gas emissions into bio-ethanol doesn’t seem all that different from the waste-to-biofuel processes developed by other startups, like SequesCO and GreenFuel Technologies.

Trap a large quantity of emissions from a power plant, pipe them… Continue Reading

Xunlight secures $4.9M for thin-film solar modules

Following up on its recent $22 million haul, the Toledo, Ohio-based Xunlight Corporation has received another $4.9 million, courtesy of Ohio’s taxpayers. The company, a spin-off from the University of Toledo, is backed by Trident Capital, Emerald Technology Ventures and NGP Energy Technology Partners and… Continue Reading