Solar - Chesonis Family Foundation provided a $10 million gift to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to launch the Solar Revolution Project, to transform solar power from a “’boutique’ option to an affordable, dependable, mainstream energy solution.”…..read

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Growth - Kleiner Perkins has created a Green Growth Fund to invest $10 million to $50 million in existing energy companies, to contribute to the significant capital required to develop or demonstrate capability of large scale technology (power plants, refineries etc.). Kleiner Perkins had established a $100 million Green Tech Fund in 2006 to provide seed capital…. read | KPCB Greentech Portfolio

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Research - Massachusetts set to spend $100 million over five years on clean-energy research and business development, but earmarks cloud original investment promise…more

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ESS - Nissan and NEC Corp. to invest $115 million in Automotive Energy Supply Corp., a maker of make lithium-ion batteries for use in HEV and PHEV automobiles……more

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Wind - T. Boone Pickens, Texas oil man to invest $10 billion in 500 wind turbines at a cost of $2m each for two reasons - profit and the decline in Texas oil fields….. more

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Research - Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, plans to invest $20 million in the next year toward renewable energy research…. more