We here at Greenbang watch for news and developments in the cleantech sector ’round the clock so you don’t have to. Following are a few recent headlines you might have missed:

• The Canadian government recently announced $53 million (Canadian) in funding for 16 new clean technology projects;
• Solar Power Partners has begun operations at three new solar-energy facilities in California with a total generating capacity of more than two megawatts;
• Earth2Tech reports that Norwegian automaker Th!nk plans to make its electric cars available in the US starting next year;
• Bronze Oak Philippines has announced plans for two sugarcane-based bioethanol plants in the country;
• Consumers Energy this week completed a 600-kilowatt upgrade at its Hardy Dam facility in Michigan;
• mPhase Technologies says it hopes to garner some of the $2 billion included in the US economic stimulus plan for the development of advanced battery technologies.

• 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