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Solyndra Raises Nearly $220 Million
PE Week
Solyndra has raised $219.2 million in
a Series E financing from 23
investors, according to a regulatory
filing, making it the second largest
U.S. cleantech financing in 2008.
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EDP's Horizon Arm Feasts on $265 Million of Tax Equity for US Wind Farms
New Energy Finance
Horizon Wind Energy, part of
Portugal's EDP Renovaveis since 2007,
has clinched $265 million of tax
equity financing for US wind farms -
despite the dearth of that type of
capital since this autumn's financial
crisis.
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AWEA Wind Power Trends to Watch for in 2009
Clean Edge News
As the wind industry closes out
another banner year, the American Wind
Energy Association (AWEA) is looking
ahead to further progress in 2009.
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The Top 10 Green-Tech Breakthroughs of 2008
Wired
Green technology was hot in 2008.
Barack Obama won the presidential
election promising green jobs to Rust
Belt workers. Investors poured $5
billion into the sector just through
the first nine months of the year. And
even Texas oilmen like T. Boone
Pickens started pushing alternative
energy as a replacement for fossil
fuels like petroleum, coal and natural
gas.
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12/29
Raser Technologies Acquires 50,000 Acres for Geothermal Development
Clean Edge News
Raser Technologies, Inc. recently
announced that it continues to expand
its geothermal resources by acquiring
17 new lease parcels covering more
than 50,000 acres of geothermal,
surface and other rights in Utah as a
part of the BLM (Bureau of Land
Management) geothermal auction on
Friday, December 19, 2008.
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