Solazyme Inc. has delivered 1,500 gallons of 100% algae-based jet fuel for the U.S. Navy's testing and certification program. The U.S. Navy has previously announced the objective to operate at least 50% of its fleet on clean, renewable fuel by 2020. The delivery fulfills a contract awarded to Solazyme by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in September 2009.

Standard Solar, Inc. CEO Tony Clifford addressed top Administration officials, including Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, during the White House's Clean Energy Economy Forum held today in the nation's capital. Clifford joined business leaders and experts from the Federal government to develop strategies that grow clean energy manufacturing and services to create jobs and build the economy.

There are common misconceptions in public relations activities for clean tech companies such as "we need to wait to use PR until we have 'real news'" or "we can't afford public relations right now with seed financing" or "a PR firm could never understand our company's deep science."

Silicon Valley firm’s latest round today includes corporate interest from ABB and GE, among 32 deals we spotted in the past seven days.

M&As in waste and recycling, while new funding goes to electric hybrids, scooter motors and efficient engine technologies.

UK-based carbon capture and storage startup raises its first round of funding, while six other financing deals are announced.

Five cleantech venture capital and private equity deals were tracked in Asia this week, whilst a Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicle components debuts in Hong Kong.

Today, Growth Energy called for the redirection and eventual phasing out of government support for ethanol in return for a level playing field. POET CEO Jeff Broin voiced support for Fueling Freedom Plan with the following comments:

In any given year, some days stand out as touchstones for an industry, and for clean tech. Tuesday, June 29 was one of them. As the seventh annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF)-Wall Street opened at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, Wall Street itself was beginning one of its worst days of the year. The Dow Jones average plunged 268 points, renewing fears that the U.S. economic recovery, in the words of Bank of America Merrill Lynch managing director Parker Weil, is still "perilous and weak."

The renewable energy industry likes to point to the consistent rise in the price of fossil energies as a key driver of growth. That is, until fossil energy prices are low. As today's challenging market illustrates, companies should be focusing more on reducing their own costs in order to compete with relatively low oil and gas prices over the next couple of years.

In the six months since I published my annual clean energy mini-portfolio, it has far outperformed my industry benchmark, the Powershares Wilderhill Clean Energy Index (PBW). 2010 is the third year in a row that I've published a list of ten renewable and energy efficiency stocks that I expect to perform well over the coming year. The details on the list for 2010 are provided at the bottom of this article. This article is my second quarterly look back at the performance of the ten stocks so far this year. (See links to the PBW index and my first article on my 2010 list of clean energy stocks at the bottom of this page.)

Demand-side management company sets IPO pricing and the cleantech sector raises more than $132 from VC and PE globally, among 39 deals we spotted in the last seven days.

Silicon Valley venture capital firm closes a $350M new fund, while M&As range from flywheel energy storage to vertical farming.

Four Asian cleantech companies announce VC or PE funding this week whilst two Chinese cleantech funds raise capital. The Chinese government also emphasizes its commitment to pioneer smart grid tech.

Carbon negative cement company Novacem issues an innovative bond to accelerate its commercialisation, while there are nine other VC or PE deals.