Five years ago, the promise of getting superrich from clean tech was in the air.
Clean tech went through a time when it was in vogue and now it is not.
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In terms of sectors, we are seeing many opportunities in clean tech, health care and services.
Here in the heartland of clean tech, some people are worried about China.
The OECD found that last year clean tech firms employed 34, 000 workers in Greater Copenhagen.
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Tech Nation is a reader friendly explanation of the stakes playing out in the clean tech space.
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VentureSource counts more than 60 companies engaged in "clean tech" that have received investments from Kleiner Perkins.
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Some investors are beginning to think that clean tech itself was a bubble, and that bubble has burst.
For years, a clutch of clean tech companies has been working on creating cellulosic biofuels, to no avail.
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Khosla has spoken often about the potential of clean tech and his interest in big risky bets.
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Paul sees SideCar as a clean tech company, because it can help reduce the need for car ownership.
It was a big week for superlatives in clean tech and green architecture -- particularly in Europe.
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State and national mandates for renewable energy production are also popular items of discussion among the clean tech crowd.
China has set ambitious goals for the use of renewable and clean tech.
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These funds typically back businesses that dabble in clean tech or hire locals.
The law firm Cooley LLP recently polled 125 clean tech entrepreneurs, investors and legal advisors about China and clean tech.
By contrast, the new books brings far more attention to the geographic dimensions of clean tech than the first book.
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Special Offer: Americans are spending big money on clean tech, from solar energy and solid-state lighting to biofuels and batteries.
This creates interesting supply-demand curves, which has been happening in many areas of clean tech, including in the LED markets.
START.ac has a few components that serve causes, but its main event is to help startups in tech, clean tech and biotech.
Although New England has several mature clean tech companies, the competition focuses exclusively on those that have not received institutional or venture funding.
Clean tech is invading the kitchen as well -- behold the Biobot, a tabletop device that converts waste cooking oil into biodiesel.
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Between 2004 and 2009, turnover in the clean tech sector increased by 55% compared to 35% for welfare technology and 8% for manufacturing.
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Either would represent another wasted opportunity to make a critical large-scale investment in our clean tech competitiveness and a future free from oil.
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Khosla has invested in tech companies like Square, as well as clean tech companies and food startups like a new kind of vegetarian meat company.
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The financing environment for clean tech companies is tough today, given the negative fashion sentiment, but good companies with highly differentiated technologies are getting funded.
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Congress passed a major energy bill that included subsidies for alternative and renewable fuels, loan guarantees for clean tech and reliability standards for utility companies.
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