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Smart grid M&A declined in the last quarter of 2011 and with transaction flow down across all manufacturing industries, 2012 activity is unlikely to pick up, according to sector specialist Memoori. 
The vast majority of energy and natural resource executives believe that a post-2012 Kyoto agreement will fail, according to a new report. 
The value of private equity, venture and development capital investment in global cleantech companies increased for the second consecutive year in 2011, reaching $9.70bn. However, growth since 2009 has been slow, averaging at less than three per cent over two years, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet. 
Investment in the world’s grids will need to reach $2tn if smart energy management techniques are to be deployed the world over but a lack of capital could lead to a slowdown in growth, the latest analysis from sector specialist Memoori warns. 
Renewable energy technologies are neither economically competitive or easily capable of providing the necessary level of energy security needed by a developed society, a major report has warned. 
This has been a quiet month for positive smart grid news, no sensational announcements on the financial and M&A front that promise to unleash more funds or technological developments, writes Allan McHale, author of smart grid blog Memoori. 
US venture capital investment in cleantech companies witnessed a dramatic increase in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year, rising 73 per cent to $1.1bn, according to the latest figures. 
With the smart grid sector in a buoyant state and manufacturers showing confidence in the sector, money is beginning to flow in from venture capital firms, writes the author of smart grid blog Memoori Allan McHale. 
Most European electrical professionals find it rather surprising that given the US grid has a poor outage performance, its first priority has not been to prioritise smart grid investment towards automating demand response, which would make a much bigger impact on improving robustness, author of smart grid blog Memoori Allan McHale writes. 
With global electricity networks at varying stages of development, author of smart grid blog Memoori Allan McHale asks from what point are smart meters and grids best developed. 
Clean energy innovation could accelerate economic growth in the US while improving energy security, according to a new analysis into the sector by search engine giant Google. 
As Toyota and Schneider Electric tie-up mega deals in the smart grid space, now seems like a good time to sell with predictions that demand will peak in 2013, writes Allan McHale, author of smart grid blog Memoori. 
The US has laid out its plans to catalyse the efficient transformation of its energy system and secure leadership in clean energy technologies in the Department of Energy’s 2011 Strategic Plan. 
As the height of the global economic recession passes, the market for and performance of pure play clean technology companies has inflated considerably.
The first four months of this year has seen momentum slow down in some important aspects of the development of the smart grid business with the rapid consolidation witnessed at the end of 2010 not maintained, writes Allan McHale, author of smart grid blog Memoori. 
Despite their name, rare earth elements are not particularly rare and despite them becoming indispensible for a range of cleantech applications, some risk being oversupplied as new production capacity is realised, according to Sustainable Asset Management.
Canada today announced that it will develop an industry-wide standard for the underground storage of industrial carbon emissions to be deployed in carbon capture and storage projects. 
The value of private equity and venture capital investment in the cleantech sector more than tripled in May 2010 to $1,22bn from $352m in April 2010, boosted by an institutional buyout worth $800m, according to a report from ZEPHYR and Bureau van Dijk, compiled exclusively for NewNet. 
Despite the global recession driving energy consumption lower in 2009 than the previous year, power usage is on the rise in developing nations according to BP's 2010 Statistical Review of World Energy. 
