Findings from Cleantech Group LLC and Deloitte put 2009 venture capital investment in the clean tech industry at $5.6 billion. Spread across more than 550 deals throughout North America, Europe, China and India, this preliminary total is “expected to increase by 5-10% once investors fully announce their activity (as in previous years), which would make [...]

In October 2008, President Bush signed into law the The Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008. The act extended, through 2016, the corporate and individual Investment Tax Credit (ITC). It also removed the cap that had previously prevented homeowners from taking more than a $2,000 credit when purchasing a solar PV system. Now, in [...]