Smart Energy News Launches Daily Briefing on Biggest Stories

Smart Energy Group, a publisher focusing on the clean energy and smart grid industries, today announced the launch of Smart Energy News, a service that provides the most important breaking news stories affecting the solar power, wind energy, biofuel, fuel cell, geothermal, electric vehicle, energy storage, smart grid and other related sectors.

Billions of dollars of private and public funds are flowing into renewable energy companies — and Smart Energy News follows the money. According to a recent survey by the National Venture Capital Association, clean energy technology is forecast to attract the highest level of private investment growth rate of any industry in 2010. The U.S. Department of Energy is channeling tens of billions of dollars into enterprises for research, development and commercialization of all types of alternative energy and smart grid technologies.

With so much emphasis and financing coming from so many sources, there is plenty of high-impact news to report. Smart Energy News gives readers a top-level daily briefing of where the money is going and which companies are pushing the technology envelope towards a more sustainable energy economy.

Whether it's a big investment in an alternative energy company or a new technological breakthrough that promises to reduce carbon emissions, Smart Energy News provides the key facts in a highly readable, concise format, with no fluff or uninformed opinion.

Every weekday, Smart Energy News presents the most compelling news in a concise style, produced for busy people who want to keep abreast of the key trends and developments in renewable energy technologies and businesses. Viewers can read the daily news on the Smart Energy News website, or sign up on the home page to receive the newsletter delivered to their email inboxes, once a week. The service is offered for free and available at www.smartenergynews.net.

About Smart Energy Group

Smart Energy Group is a dedicated team of technology journalists who have covered high-tech businesses and trends together for over a decade. Based in Washington, D.C., the group focuses on entrepreneurs and the investors partnering with them to build the future energy economy. Smart Energy Group also publishes the Clean Energy & Smart Grid Directory, a comprehensive guide to the most important companies and individuals in the renewable energy and smart grid industries.