Warren Buffett says "The first rule of Investing is don't lose money; the second rule is don't forget rule #1."

There were 2 successful exits for cleantech investors this week and 2 new investments of over $100 million.

There were 2 successful exits for cleantech investors this week and 2 new investments of over $100 million.

Two significant marine energy funding announcements are made in the UK, while the largest VC deal of the week goes to a remote wind energy monitoring company.

2 Indian cleantech companies received investment from venture and private equity investors this week whilst 1 venture backed solar company listed in Taiwan

2 cleantech companies reveal funding rounds greater than $100 million this week, whilst a third venture-backed cleantech company in the nanotechnology arena has been acquired.

What happens when the U.S. government awards DuPont, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Bosch, and 3M $1.6 million to develop a longer-lasting, less expensive way to store clean energy? We will soon find out.

The research and consulting firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reports that subsidies for fossil energies are far outweighing those for renewables. While many governments are putting support behind clean energy, the figures show that renewables are still far behind, reports BNEF.

The U.S. Department of Energy Announced earlier this month that it would set aside more than $100 million to create an "Energy Innovation Hub" to encourage innovation around producing fuels directly from sunlight.

SolarEdge Technologies, a provider of end-to-end Distributed Solar Power Harvesting and monitoring solutions, is expanding its activity in Greece, announcing a partnership with Enolia Solar Systems SA, a leading Greek company active in the development of PV projects, trading of PV solar equipment and design and implementation of rooftop applications in the rapidly developing PV markets of Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released details of a newly drafted energy bill yesterday. The bill is more notable for what's not in it, than what is in it.

Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced an Energy Bill with the stated goal of lessening U.S. addiction to oil. POET CEO Jeff Broin made the following comments:

Clean Energy Works, a diverse coalition of more than 80 grassroots organizations representing more than 12 million Americans emailed a statement signed by more than 360 groups bemoaning the Senate's failure to address a clean energy and climate policy. It follows.

Gestamp Biomass, a division of Gestamp Renewables with worldwide operations, and New Hampshire-based Clean Power Development announced that they plan to bring biomass energy projects to the Northeast region of the U.S.

OriginOil is ready to ship the first part of its manufacturing system – technology that extracts renewable oil from algae – to Australia-based MBD Energy, triggering payment under the two companies' contract.

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