The technology transfer company will step in to plug the funding gaps and accelerate the commercialisation of research from Imperial, Oxford, Cambridge and UCL.

The German government wants to see 1 million electric vehicles on the roads by 2020. But do investors see a smooth journey ahead?

Countries from around the North Sea have signed-up to improve cooperation in building a grid for renewable energy sources.

Cleantech is not on the downside of a bubble, says a new report by analysts Kachan & Co., and the sector is set to attract high levels of investment in 2011.