
Andy Tupholme hs joined investment firm Greencoat Capital, where he will work with the firm's $200m ESB Novusmodus fund, which is backed by utility ESB.
Impossible Foods, which is creating plant-based food meat substitutes, has emerged from stealth with $75m of funding from backers including Google.
The fund, formed by France-based utility GDF Suez in May, is focusing on decentralised energy and energy efficiency technology as traditional power generation loses its lustre.
Aquion Energy, a manufacturer of energy storage systems, has raised $24.6m in funding, a recent filing has revealed.
The water purification company's existing investors include Dow, Coca-Cola and Tata.
Total and DuPont both contributed to a $22m round for the company, which develops crops that can be used as biofuel feedstock.
RusHydro, Russia's national hydropower company, has teamed up with the state-backed investment firm for a fund that will invest in power generation projects.
Intel led the round for the power conversion system developer, which is looking to attract more strategic partners.