Missed a few cleantech headlines over the past 24 hours? Here are a few news stories and developments you might have missed:

• The Carbon Trust has awarded a Belfast firm more than £153,000 to help develop an innovative electricity-generating wave energy converter;
• US scientists have unveiled a nanogenerator that could let users recharge batteries through body movements;
• Toyota says it expects to install solar panels in some new versions of its Prius hybrid;
• David Warren, the UK Ambassador to Japan, this week launched Yanmar’s first commercial combined heat and power (CHP) system in the UK; the unit will supply efficient, low-carbon energy to the residential headquarters of Tyneside Cyrenians, a Newcastle homelessness charity;
• Europeans are using too much water, and many parts of the continent aren’t able to replenish supplies naturally enough to keep up with demand, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency.

• 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