Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Clean Tech -- the next big thing??

A number of investments is happening in India and the USA in companies providing clean technologies. This is one of the sectors that look promising.

Here's a recent deal: Indivision picks up 33% in Regen

Indivision, Future Capital’s private equity arm, is going cleantech. It has bought 33 per cent stake in Chennai-based wind turbine manufacturer, Regen Powertech, for $25 million, reports Business Standard. Regen has an exclusive licensee for technology know-how from Germany’s Vensys. The company plans to use the proceeds to set up a manufacturing facility to produce gearless turbines at Tada, Andhra Pradesh.
Regen was started by Madhusudan Khemka and R Sundaresh, who were earlier with the Khemka family-backed wind turbine manufacturer NEPC Micon.

Updated: Also, see this interview Clean Energy Is Going To Be Critical For India Too”: Luis Miranda (President and CEO, IDFC Private Equity)
Here are links to some good resources that will save you time:

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/home
Renewable Energy Access is great for searching companies and getting news. You can search by specific geographies, technology, etc.

Clean tech Investing
Cleantech VC Blog also includes more links to great articles.

http://www.cleanedge.com
Clean Edge is run by Joel Makower.

MORE:

For solar news, Solarbuzz is good, and you could probably subscribe to their newsletter:
www.solarbuzz.com

For good fuel cells primers, not necessarily deal news:
http://www.fuelcellstoday.com/

Joel Makower's Two Steps Forward is a wonderful blog on sustainability in business. Balanced analysis that recognizes the realities of the business world.
http://makower.typepad.com/

Biofuels:
http://www.biofuelsjournal.com/index.html

American Wind Energy Association
http://www.awea.org/

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