links for 2009-07-25

• Cleantech gets some respect
  Clean technology is emerging as one of the hottest investment bets of the year as activity in the environmentally friendly sector begins to turn the heads of hungry investors.

  In a week where power generation company TransAlta Corp. (TA/TSX) made a hostile takeover bid for Calgary-based clean energy firm Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. (KHD/TSX), and shares in geothermal energy producer Magma Energy Corp. (MXY/TSX) jumped 10% on news it had made an attractive foreign acquisition less than a week after listing, it has become increasingly apparent that cleantech is no longer on the fringe and is here to stay.

  (tags: cleantech)