The Cleantech industry is defined as the industry which develops and produces products and services that improve operational performance, productivity, or efficiency while reducing costs, inputs, energy consumption, waste, or pollution. The Cleantech industry is thus has many sub-industries under its umbrella, including renewable energy – wind, solar, biomass/biogas, biofuels, waste-to-energy, geothermal, hydroelectric. Other sub-industries would be energy efficiency technology (buildings, smart grids) and also technology that allows transportation to go green – such as electric cars, trains etc.

Singapore has been making a push into the Cleantech industry. Read the rest of this entry »