Missed a few cleantech headlines over the past 24 hours? Not to worry: Greenbang is here to keep you up to date:

• French farmer Jean-Luc Westphal is working to build what Reuters calls “one of the largest integrated installations of photovoltaic systems … yet built.” Once in operation, the 36,000 square metres of solar panels are expected to generate enough electricity for 4,000 homes;
• Eckhard Boles, a researcher at Goethe University in Frankfurt, has discovered a new enzyme that “teaches” yeast cells to ferment waste sugar into ethanol. He is now investigating ways to develop new yeast straing that could convert plant waste into biobutanol;
• Swedish firm Sweco has won two new contracts to develop offshore wind farms in Sweden. The two contracts together are valued at about €450,000;
• Redmond, Washington-based Bionavitas Inc. has unveiled a new Light Immersion Technology™ that “dramatically increases” biofuel yields from algae;
• BTU International this week received a $2 million (US) order for thin-film solar equipment from what it says is a “new, major, thin film solar customer.”

• Green technology investors seek safer havens in 2011
• New US consortium plans $1.4bn in cleantech investments
• What does 2011 hold for China, US?
• World Economic Forum: Cleantech rules
• Virtual design speeds green reality
• Opinion: Darling’s green bank idea is laughably small
• Some guys and Holy Grails: 5 rules for spotting ‘cleantech porn’
• Despite some ‘green shoots,’ cleantech VCs see trouble ahead
• Cleantech Connect Awards recognise fast-growing innovators
• Irish cleantech firms seek opportunities in Silicon Valley