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The U.S. Department of Energy has released its Inaugural Quadrennial Technology Review Report (DOE-QTR), which establishes a viable framework outside and beyond the annual budget process for the DOE’s technology activities and investments by prioritizing activities in a multi-year articulation in order not only of their importance but of their eventual value.

There are millions, if not billions, to be made by whoever figures out the "killer tech" when it comes to creating power from unlimited renewable energy sources like the sun, wind, tides and the geothermal heat trapped in the earth.

More and more, investing in energy and environment-related companies is looking like a good move.

While the rest of the economy has stalled, this sector has grown exponentially – driven in part by government spending—and is providing new jobs. Recently another financial services company jumped on the green investment bandwagon.

The Clean Tech Open just announced the 50 semi-finallists in its Business Plan Competition.

 

Renewable and clean tech businesses whose products are only in the early stages of development have been hit hardest by the recession, as wary venture capitalists (VCs) and private equity (PE) investors take fewer risks on these start-ups. 
 

Despite their lack of rainfall, desert's are highly humid, making them filled with moisture.  As a result, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology in Germany have designed a way to convert this humidity into drinking water using renewable technologies.

 

Five years ago British adventurer, Sir Richard Branson started his Virgin Galactic venture to send non-astronauts to space, and today it is not only about to become a reality, but also a low-carbon reality.

 

The European Union Chamber of Commerce is leading the criticism of China's clean energy protectionism.

 

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