Posts Tagged ‘ Germany ’

Denmark leads the world in CleanTech

Using both wind and efficiency plays, Denmark leads the world in CleanTech on a GDP weighted ranking according to a recent report commissioned from the World Wildlife Fund and written by Roland Berger.  The ability to produce and sell products and services that reduce CO2 emissions is the key metric used to rank all 27 [ READ MORE ]

FT: Which country has the greenest bail-out?

There is an interesting interactive graphics posted on FT (Mar 2009, updated Aug 2009) about the countries with greenest bail-outs. It reported that governments around the world have committed over $512bn of the global economic stimulus outlined so far to green projects, with 22% to be spent in 2009, HSBC estimates. While we know that [ READ MORE ]

Kenya to build Africa’s largest windfarm

On 27 Jul 2009, the Guardian reported that Kenya is set to build Africa’s largest windfarm as rains fail and hydropower falters in the country. Summary of the article: 1. 365 wind turbines to be installed in desert around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. When complete in 2012, the £533m project will have a capacity [ READ MORE ]

Q-Cells to cut 500 jobs

Reuters reported on 13 Aug 2009 that Q-Cells planned to slash about a fifth of its workforce to counter the effects of a price war. * Around 500 jobs will be cut permanently while short-time work will continue to be in operation at the Thalheim plant. It currently employs about 2,600 staff. * Q-Cells will [ READ MORE ]

Top PV Companies in the world

The following table is the top 10 photovoltaic device suppliers in 2008: Another research firm, iSuppli, ranked the top 20 global solar companies in Q1-2008 by production in 2007 and by announced production capacity 2010: Top 10 Suppliers of PV Manufacturing Supplier in 2008 by VLSI Research: The following is summarized from IC Insights Research Bulletin [ READ MORE ]

Siemens Venture Capital

About: Munich-based Siemens Venture Capital (SVC), the central venture capital organization within Siemens, invests in early-stage technology companies and established growth companies, focusing on the energy, industry and healthcare sectors. In this way, SVC identifies innovative solutions from which Siemens can profit and plays a key role in Siemens’ global innovation network. To date, the [ READ MORE ]

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