Catch-up Posts – Deals
Posted by Geoff Jennings on January 14th, 2009More Catch-up Posts – Deals announced
Bio-fuels-
Blackstone Cleantech Venture Partners Leads Coskata Series C Round of Financing
Chemrec Completes US $20M Funding Round for Biorefinery Technology
Typical pulp & paper mills produce thousands of tons a day of a liquid biomass called black liquor. Currently this by-product is burned in steam boilers with low energy efficiency for production of steam and electricity. Chemrec has developed a proprietary gasification technology that enables the conversion of black liquor into renewable motor fuels, biomaterials or electricity.
Solar -
Total Invests $45M in Organic Photovoltaic Company Konarka