Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates:

• Participants in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Energy Conference agreed the global economic crisis offers an opportunity to revolutionise how society produces and uses energy;
• The Wall Street Journal today reports on Dutch plans to spend up to €1 billion a year this century to protect the country from rising sea levels;
• Prince Charles today begins a tour of Latin America to highlight his message that we have just “100 months left” to save the planet from devastating climate change;
• SmartHeat Inc. is now listed on the NASDAQ Global Market;
• Registration is now underway for the Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, to be held 8 – 10 June in Philadelphia;
• Dow Jones has launched three new blogs covering developments in private equity, venture capital and bankruptcy;
• Coca-Cola Great Britain today released information about the carbon footprints of its most popular drink brands in the UK;
• As the price of carbon credits continues dropping, more and more companies in India are instead directing their investments toward renewable energy projects, The Cleantech Group reports;
• The British Wind Energy Association is praising Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s endorsement of the “enormous potential of renewable energy to create employment in the UK”;
• SolFocus today announced an agreement that will expand its solar concentrated photovoltaic capacity in Greece from 1.6 megawatts to 10 megawatts;
• The Timkin Company has signed a $30 million (US) deal to provide a Chinese wind power company with equipment for use in wind power gearboxes;
• Oncolin Therapeutics is taking a new direction with a subsidiary, New EnerSource, focused on acquiring and developing renewable and traditional energy assets.

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