Greentech Media

Susan Preston, general partner for the California Clean Energy Fund's new Clean Energy Angel Fund, says more angels are needed to fund greentech investments of between $500,000 and $5 million. The fund, which is raising up to $20 million, plans to spend the cash on solar, energy efficiency, transportation, cooling systems and lighting.

The Clean Tech Open begins as UC Berkeley's greentech contest closes and the California Clean Energy Fund announces an angel fund. Will these efforts to seed innovation be enough?

While U.K. banking giant HSBC looks to back renewable-energy projects, lighting company Luminus Devices grabs $72 million and Dutch display-manufacturing company Liquavista sees $12.5 million.

Michael Bauer leaves BPL Global, where he was vice president, to help commercialize greentech from Oak Ridge National Lab on behalf of Foundation Capital.

Massachusetts-based company raises one of the largest-ever funding rounds for energy-efficient lighting. But with $139 million now in its pocket, will Luminus be able to make an investor-friendly exit?

Despite recent studies that ethanol will stir up more environmental havoc than traditional oil-based fuel, the money is rolling in for Coskata, which claims to have revolutionary next-generation biofuel on the horizon.

At the UC Berkeley Energy Symposium, a state Air Resources Board member proposed a plan to make cities responsible for budgeting their portions of carbon emissions. The program could open the door for urban carbon-monitoring and tracking technologies, as well as energy-efficiency technologies.

A lack of funding for early stage research is slowing the breakthroughs needed to combat climate change, according to KPCB Partner John Doerr. Progress is being made, such as a second-generation Miasolé technology that further cuts solar costs, but "it's not enough."

As countries pledge funds for greener policies at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference, President Bush makes commitments that sound strangely familiar.

Alexander Karsner, an assistant secretary with the DOE, announces that Kleiner Perkins, ARCH Venture Partners and Foundation Capital have gained a year's entrance to government labs to build companies with the fruits of government research.

The San Francisco mayor says it's time to get serious about combating climate change with greentech and advises a Cleantech Forum audience to insist on more government support -- or face a fall.

While oil prices hit another record high, venture capitalists forked out funds for electric vehicles, solar power, energy-efficient lighting and carbon-dioxide-eating technology.

The Palmetto State jumps onto the hydrogen-fuel bandwagon ... with a pickup truck.

The Canadian province is moving forward with a carbon tax, surpassing a deadlocked U.S. Senate. California and the U.K. also passed new measures that will encourage green-energy use.

Sony will invest $204 million into organic light-emitting diode panels for televisions. It's the only company that has them on the market so far. But should it have held out for a cheaper, more consumer-friendly model?

Ford Tamer, former head of Broadcom's enterprise networking group, plans to close deals in solar, energy efficiency and green IT for the Silicon Valley VC firm.

In spite of uncertainty about the fate of renewable-energy tax incentives in the United States, venture capitalists continue to bet big on greentech. Solar, lighting, cars and biogas benefit.

The Georgia Institute of Technology wants to make a hydrogen-fueled vehicle that separates and stores carbon dioxide until it can be sequestered... but why go and make things so complicated?

The U.S. Department of Energy charges up energy-efficient lighting with $20.6 million, solar continues to shine for investors, a water deal swells with $20 million and Advanced Technology Ventures closes its eighth fund.

Investment in thin-film solar technology continues to snowball, with Moser Baer's production to reach 600 megawatts.