A GROUPof engineers from Trinity College has raised €22,000 for their solar water disinfection system through the FundIt website
VOLKSWAGEN PLANSto invest €64 billion in greener manufacturing by 2016 and €600 million in renewable energy by 2020
MITSUBISHI, HITACHIand Nippon Steel plan to develop a floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Fukushima in Japan
A MEXICANsolar power entrepreneur aims to invest $3.1 billion in a tidal power and water desalination project
THE USDepartment of Energy has made $180 million available for offshore wind energy innovation
WARREN BUFFET'SMidAmerican Energy Holdings aims to raise $2.4 billion for a 550MW US solar project
BIOENERGYcould create 3,600 jobs and generate €1.5 billion in investment here by 2020, the Irish Bioenergy Association claims
DUBLIN SOLARcell production technology company Nines Photovoltaics has raised €750,000 in funding
THE MAKERSof Lego plan to invest $530 million in offshore wind farms
CELESTIAL GREEN VENTURES,a Dublin forestry investment firm plans to create 30 new jobs by the end of 2013
Events Diary
April
9th-11th:Global New Energy Summit, Colorado Springs; globalnewenergysummit.org
11th-12th:European Biomass Power, London; iti.ms/GC59Xf
16th-18th:Cleantech Forum Europe, Munich; iti.ms/GC5idb
16th-19th:European Wind Energy 2012, Copenhagen
19th:Sustainable Venture Development Conference, London; svdconf.co.uk
