So what else is happening in the cleantech sector this week? Here are some recent headlines you might have missed:

• More US residents used public transportation last year than at any other time for the past 52 years, according to news from the American Public Transportation Association;
• Quanta Services today named Peter Lorenz as president of Quanta Renewable Energy Services;
• A draft horse named “King” will this week hoist Southern Maryland’s first residential wind turbine into place;
• Tampa Electric has signed a contract to purchase energy from a proposed 25-megawatt photovoltaic plant starting in 2011;
• The ethanol trade group Growth Energy says boosting the amount of ethanol in petrol from 10 to 15 percent could generate $24 billion and help create 136,000 jobs, Reuters reports;
• Researchers at the University of Milano are testing an ethanol-powered fuel-cell system to evaluate its investment potential;
• Lower supplies and growing demand are likely to lead to higher ethanol prices this year, according to a Merrill Lynch estimate published in Reuters;
• US scientists say they’ve successfully created an artificial ribosome, the protein-making factory at the heart of a living cell;
• Researchers in China have discovered that soil containing chicken manure can break down crude oil contamination 50 percent more quickly than “regular” soil.

• 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