Flotation price of $16 per share for biofuels company Amyris less than French oil major Total's purchase of 20% of the company in July.

TJ Cross Engineers backs GlassPoint Solar, a US-based provider of solar steam generators for oil recovery.

Vikas Desai joins PVT Solar as chief executive with latest funding completed.

Erik Sebusch joins US-based venture capital firm CMEA Capital in a new role of partner to manage its strategic relations.

Icos Cleantech Early Stage Fund II has Netherlands-listed industrial companies Royal BAM Group, CSM and Imtech as investors.

Chicago-based Todd Dauphinais was the former president of US-based EFI Electronics and joins Aster Capital to open its North America branch.

Russian government venture capital fund, an international venture capital fund and two unnamed private strategic investors join $176m series D round investment consortium for BrightSource Energy.

Indian Oil to invest in tidal, solar and wind energy and enter a joint venture with Nuclear Power Corporation of India.

Spain-based oil group Repsol acquires a fifth of biofuels company AlgaEnergy.

US electrical retailer Best Buy's corporate venturing division, oil and gas developer Alpine and venture capital firm Chrysalix initial backers of Brammo's series B round.