Posts Tagged ‘ General Electric ’

The past, the now and the future of A123 Systems

A123 Systems appearance on the listed market came with full support by both its private investors (incl. Kleiner Perkins via its SC X Management LLC vehicle, North Bridge Venture Management IV) and many institutional investors (GE, Morgan Stanley, Gilden Gagnon Howe & C0., Janus Capital Management, Fidelity, and Invesco) who were happy to get their [ READ MORE ]

Incandescent lights to start dimming

On the continued theme of the superior value of efficiency plays, news breaks out just this week that Toshiba will halt production of their incandescent lighting business, a product they have sold since 1890. The company will now focus on LED lights instead. For reasons of: consumer preferences, government legislation and frankly, common sense, the [ READ MORE ]

Zenon Environmental Inc. (of GE Water)

Continuing with a look at the water side of the CleanTech sectors,  Zenon Environmental is a good example of start up to acquisition by a major OEM. Their superior technology and process for water purification, coupled with an overwhelming client project list made them an acquisition target for GE Water in 2006. Strategy: Developing a [ READ MORE ]

Norwegian Think exits court protection and plans to resume production

Photo Source: Think website Norwegian electric carmaker Think announced on 27 Aug 2009 (see its press release) that the Norwegian courts have approved its debt settlement plan, enabling the company to exit court protection. This effectively puts Think back in business and to resume production of new electric vehicles (EVs), called TH!NK City model. (Update: [ READ MORE ]

Utility SCE wants A123 Systems to build largest grid storage battery

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking a US grant to store wind power in the largest-ever grid storage battery to be built by A123 Systems, Reuters reported on 26 Aug 2009. Utility SCE is requesting $65 million in grants from the US DOE for the pilot storage project ($25 million for this project) and for [ READ MORE ]

China and India should not follow the West?

A new level of Sino-Indian relationship has taken place in the arena of environment. In Apr 2009, India and China told the UN a climate change agreement that slows down their economic growth and locks them into poverty is unacceptable to them. Both countries have taken a series of “ambitious” domestic actions to combat climate [ READ MORE ]

GE predicts tide coming in for water business

Reuters reported on 11 Aug 2009 that General Electric Co predicted water purification could grow from a drop in the corporate bucket to a major growth driver within years, just as its wind unit did. With an estimated $2.5 billion in revenue, the water business remains a sliver of the $156 billion in sales expected [ READ MORE ]

GE Equity

About: GE Equity is the private equity investment arm of General Electric Capital Corp. specializing in buyouts, co-investments, secondary direct purchases, recapitalizations, limited partner investments, and growth capital investments. The firm invests in aerospace, clean technology, communications, energy, entertainment, financial services, business services, healthcare, media, satellites, security, sensing technology, transportation, and water. It seeks to [ READ MORE ]

New Energy Finance: League Table 2008

New Energy Finance recently released the Clean Energy Leagues Table 2008 in March 2009. The top 10 VC/PE investors by number of disclosed investments are: 1. Good Energies – 21 no. of deals ($65.3m) 2. Draper Fisher Jurvetson – 20 ($102.9m) 3. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers – 16 ($187.2m) 4. RockPort Capital Partners – [ READ MORE ]

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