Clean Tech Deal Flow

It will provide Wal-Mart with 226 million KWh of power annually, and will offset 139,000 metric tons of carbon — the equivalent of what 25,000 cars would emit.
Hard to find fault with this. Whatever their motives, Wal-Mart moving towards green has the potential to be a real force in the evolving green-tech and alternative [...]

In October, I noted the announcement of the new Chrysler Hybrid SUV models.  
According to the NY Times:
The hybrid S.U.V.’s became available at dealerships in early October. But on Oct. 23, Chrysler announced that at the end of the year it would close the Delaware plant where they are built. Production of the hybrid [...]

Tesla makes a cool car, but a low volume 2 seat sports car that sells for 100K will never be mainstream. Getting a major manufacture to build a small but useful city car, all electric, will make a big difference. BMW is building between 500 and a 1,000 all electric Mini’s. With [...]

Chrysler Aspen hybrid and Dodge Durango hybrid have managed an EPA-estimated 20 MPG city and 22 MPG highway rating.
Reasonably impressive numbers. Not great, but for a big SUV, pretty good numbers. Off course, if people buy this when all they really need is a small car, there is no net gain. [...]

Meanwhile, according to at least some analysts, neither the rising price of oil nor the financial crisis has taken much steam out of investments in ‘clean tech,’ which attracted $2.2 billion in investments in the first half of 2008 and is expected to account for 11% of total investments. And investing in energy efficiency programs, [...]

Electric cars are coming. When the worlds largest commercial vehicle manufacture get’s involved, it’s a sign of growth for sure.
Electrovaya, Tata Motors to make electric Indica | Cleantech Group

Anyone in or visiting the bay area with an interest in Science and Green buildings would do well to visit the California Academy of Sciences. I went a few weeks ago, and it was well worth the visit. The exhibits are good, but what really struck me was the building. It [...]

Strategic investing is not a new concept, it’s been around for years. It’s generally when a corporation has an investment or incubation unit that focuses on products the parent company might need. So, for example, the IBM strategic investment units would invest in business software start-ups, but likely not in a new automotive [...]

It’ll be interesting to see what major manufacture is “first”. First being second really. There was the GM EV1. And back in the early part of the 1900’s, there were lot’s of electric cars. So even the GM wasn’t really first. I’m mostly giving the CNET site a bit of [...]

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