Thursday, January 16, 2014

Report: Texas Cleantech Investment Hit $581M in 2013

Texas was a hotbed of clean technology investment last year, with a total of $581M in clean technology investments in the state, according to numbers released yesterday from clean technology analyst firm the Cleantech Group. According to the Cleantech Group, there was $581,063,473 invested in Texas clean technology companies in 2013. The top deal was the $128M invested in Skyonic, followed by the $105M for eRecyclingCorps, $100M for KioR, $19.0M for HelioVolt, and $16M for OptiSense Network. The Cleantech Group released its analysis to call attention to its more extensive, subscription clean technology information service. Photo of Duke Energy's BlueWing Solar project in San Antonio.