europe
Shell is shaping up to be the kind of oil company that, if it doesn’t get its own way, will hold it breath until it turns a slightly odd colour in the hope its indulgent parents will cave in and let it have its own way. It probably took
energy
Pensions funds remind Greenbang of Otto von Bismarck’s remark that “Laws are like sausages, it is better to not see them being made.” Greenbang is a cultured lass like that. What goes into sausages and what goes into building pension funds sometimes doesn’t bare thinking about. The arms
clean tech
Is all the talk of economic meltdown giving you a bit of a headache? Feeling a bit down from all the misery mongering? Well, put your feet up, Greenbang will get you a bit of news tea accompanied by a venture capital biscuit. Mmm, tastes fund-y. Today’s economic bright
investment
As Greenbang’s dear old Gran used to say ‘Where there’s carbon offsets, there’s brass’. Okay, Greenbang’s Gran didn’t exactly spout that aphorism, but it would seem that JPMorgan has taken that piece of financial wisdom to heart. The investment bank has just gone and acquired
investment
There are times in life when the carrot is called for, and other times when the stick is what does the job (if you’ve ever tried to get a dog to fetch a carrot, or served up some boiled sticks with your Sunday roast, you’ll know what Greenbang
energy
There’s good news and there’s bad news. Which do you want first? Bad news? Greenbang always does in that order too. So, the bad news (and, hey, it may not even be that bad if you’re not a fan of the occasional flutter) is that Sal DiMasi,
biofuels
Greenbang hasn’t been shy in the past at bringing you numbers – predictions on how much money has been pouring, like a healthy papery tide, into green energy. But the cynics among you may have been saying “ah, but how much revenue is there?” and tapping your nose knowingly. Well
investment
Wave energy, long harnessed by bleached blonde surfer dudes, is now being harnessed by the money men. Wave energy device developer ORECon has secured $24m of funding from an assortment of VC funds, led by Advent Venture Partners. ORECon has patented a wave energy device and it works like this:
green
Remember the kid who you played football with as a kid? If he had to play in the universally unpopular goal, he’d take his ball and go home. Greenbang is reminded of that kid as a result of pronouncements from some energy companies. You see, the government is eyeing
clean tech
Do you like numbers? It must be your lucky day, for Greenbang has some new insights into the total worth of the clean tech market. Mind you, if you like numbers, then every day must be your lucky day – just look at your bank card, there are a load on
biomass
According to popular psychology, you should live each day like it’s your last. If that’s the case, Greenbang has just spent her last day on earth leafing through BP’s last set of financial results. A little depressing, you might think, but every cloud and all that: there
electric
Like bees on honey and flies on, you know, whatever flies go for, VCs have been going mad for electric cars of late. After Tesla got a cool $40 million funding boost last week, now it’s the turn of Miles Electric Vehicles. The company has just been given a
