UK Innovation Investment Fund Launches £125m Environmental Investment Fund
The UK Innovation Investment Fund is off the ground with the first closing of the £125m Hermes Private Equity environmental innovation fund.
It’s taken only 7 months for UKIIF to launch the first of two funds, the Hermes Environmental Innovation Fund, which has already raised £125m and will continue to seek further funding from investors.
Combatting climate change by investing in cleantech government of Canada announces cleantech companies to receive $58 million
Waterdown, Ontario, January 12, 2010 – Sixteen clean technology projects from across Canada will receive $58 million in funding to help move innovative technology solutions to the market. The announcement, confirming the decision of the Board of Directors of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), was made today by the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural [...]
Communications Turns Totally Green
Green Touch™ initiative targets 1000-fold improvement in energy efficiency by transforming Internet and communications networks
London, January 11, 2010 – The world took a big step closer today to a green and more sustainable communications future with the launch of Green Touch™, a global consortium organized by Bell Labs whose goal is to create the technologies [...]