Don’t worry if you missed a few cleantech stories over the past day or two: Greenbang’s got your daily roundup of news you might have missed:

• The government’s current regulatory framework is creating barriers for corporate investments in renewable energy generation, says a coalition of 40-plus UK businesses and third-sector organisations;
• Ofgem and the government are developing plans regarding licensing of grid connections to offshore wind-energy farms;
• Energy efficiency measures and renewable energy could help cities cut their carbon dioxide emissions by 90 percent by 2050, according to a new study from Siemens;
• The Department of Energy and Climate Change this week released its Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications;
• A national renewable electricity standard in the US could both save consumers money and generate hundreds of thousands of new green jobs, according to a new study from the Union of Concerned Scientists;
• According to Environmental Finance, the UK’s Consensus Business Group has been selling off its cleantech investments to focus on property;
• The Bosch Group this week broke ground for a new solar manufacturing facility in Arnstadt, Germany;
• Britons have recycled about £1.1 billion worth of trash over the past five years, with the amount of material recycled growing steadily each year;
• Cyclamax plans to build a waste-to-energy plant in the London Sustainable Industries Park on the Thames Estuary;
• The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s goal of all new homes being zero-carbon by 2016 is “not realistic.”

• 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