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Former US Vice President Al Gore could become the world’s first carbon billionaire following his investments in green energy companies after anticipating the need to reinvent the way the world produces and consumes energy.
Gore’s venture capital company has been investing to develop energy-saving technologies, which could make electricity grids more efficient.
Last year, they had [...]
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India-based Husk Power Systems (HPS), with operations in India , raised an undisclosed amount of second round funding from Shell Foundation to expand its operations for its biomass electrification technology, which converts rice husks into electricity.
Previously, the company raised $235,000 from a number of business plan competitions (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dell, University of [...]
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Way back in March 2006 long before Microfinance was the hot sector for PE funds, Vinod Khosla had led a group of investors in committing US$2.5 million to SKS Microfinance of India. Now Khosla seems to have turned his attention onto new energy and technology companies.
Vinod Khosla raises USD 1 Billion for New Energy and [...]
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A significant increase in the M&A activities is expected in the renewable energy (RE) sector in India , as a wave of consolidation hits the industry, says Ernst & Young’s ‘Renewable Energy in India – The Evolving Dynamics’ report.
According to the report, despite numerous challenges, opportunities in the renewable energy space are attracting various types [...]
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NEW DELHI: India has emerged as the third largest country across the Asia Pacific region in terms of merger and acquisition deal activities in the renewable energy segment with deals worth USD 134 million in 2008, a latest report says.
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ report on renewable M&A activity, the Asia Pacific region’s year on year deal [...]
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