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Ohhhh, this has been a long time coming. Welcome readers, to the Greenbang UK Clean Tech Start-up Index. It’s taken a lot of work to get this finished, but finally we’re there. Over the next month, you’ll be hearing us talk about what we found in our research from our interviews with these companies.

(By John Addison 9/4/08) The warm summer breeze carried the aromas of ripe berries, almonds, fresh honey, heirloom tomatoes, and exotic mushrooms. I was like the cartoon character lifted by mouthwatering fragrances and carried to the source in a hungry trance.

Arizona State University said Tuesday that the firm has spun out a new company, Heliae Development, with $3M in funding and technology derived from research at the university.... (more)

Boulder, Colorado-based Eco-Products, a supplier of food service items made from renewable resources, said this week that it has raised $2M in a Series A funding.... (more)

Codexis has dropped plans for an IPO, citing the current state of the public market. The company develops biocatalysts for biofuel, and is only the latest biofuel-related company to cancel a planned IPO. Renewable Energy Group did so in March and Imperium Renewables did the same in January.

by Cristina Foung My favorite green product of the week: the Nova solar camera bag from Eclipse Solar Gear What is it? The Nova solar camera bag first and foremost is a camera bag. It's a large cavity bag that can hold an SLR and 3 lenses. It also comes with adjustable foam dividers so you can tailor the inside to work for your gear.

energy, Patents, cleantech Wade Roush wrote: Fall River, MA-based Quantum Catalytics and an affiliated Houston company called Texas Syngas have filed a patent infringement suit against Boston-based waste gasification startup Ze-gen in federal district court in Boston, the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, MA, first reported on Tuesday.

Barack Obama is the U.S.’s best hope for developing a clean-energy future, according to a new group formed to promote and raise funds for the Democratic presidential nominee. Cleantech & Green Business Leaders for Obama (Cleantech for Obama, or CT4O) kicked off its campaign in San Francisco this week.

energy, investing, cleantech Mark Modzelewski wrote: This is the last of my articles taking cleantech investing to task sector by sector (keep the hate mail coming, hippies!). The next few will focus on some areas I really like, including storage, solar thermal, water, and others.

While the Republicans threw punches at Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama at their convention in Saint Paul this evening, the cleantech community of the Bay Area gathered to praise Obama as the best hope to help solve our energy crisis with clean power.