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Published 22 May 2012 | viewed 540 times
Europe’s largest renewable energy infrastructure fund is only investing in projects that are closest to being viable without government support, according to the fund’s manager.“People…
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Published 26 April 2012 | viewed 1,433 times
The UK government is looking at joint financing of renewable energy projects or trading with other EU countries to help meet its renewable energy targets.The…
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Published 22 March 2012 | viewed 1,103 times
Brazil, Nicaragua and Panama have been ranked the most attractive countries for clean energy investments in Latin America and the Caribbean by Bloomberg New Energy…
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Published 08 March 2012 | viewed 918 times
The renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors received most of the US federal government’s $24 billion in energy subsidies last year, but fossil fuels will…
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Published 06 March 2012 | viewed 1,381 times
US rules on ethanol usage will favour Brazilian cane sugar producers and could lead to a surge in imports in the coming years, according to…
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Published 19 December 2011 | viewed 940 times
Some of Europe’s biggest energy and manufacturing companies have called for a strengthening of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), in the wake of the…
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Published 12 December 2011 | viewed 2,168 times
A global scarcity of rare earth metals over the next five years could be “a ticking timebomb” for renewables and clean-tech, according to consultancy PwC.Hybrid…
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Published 28 November 2011 | viewed 210 times
Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102 billion and €169 billion ($137 billion-$226 billion) in 2009, according to…
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Published 23 November 2011 | viewed 1,108 times
Growing fears about the EU’s economy have prompted a new wave of downgrades of carbon price forecasts – but a prediction by UBS that prices…
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Published 07 November 2011 | viewed 1,052 times
A record $421 million of venture capital investment in the energy storage sector helped push clean-tech venture capital (VC) investment in the US up 73%…
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Published 27 October 2011 | viewed 1,318 times
The US wind power sector is soaring thanks in large part to a tax policy that makes it attractive to investors, but the uncertainty surrounding…
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Published 09 May 2011 | viewed 447 times
Waves and tides could provide up to 240GW of renewable energy globally by 2050, requiring investment of £460 billion ($750 billion), according to the Carbon…
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Published 28 March 2011 | viewed 2,089 times
Plans to build the largest solar power plant in the Middle East moved a step closer to reality after financing closed on the $600 million…
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Published 11 March 2011 | viewed 1,518 times
China has set conservative targets for reducing energy use and cutting carbon emissions in its 12th five-year plan – and will reveal the policies to…
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Published 19 November 2010 | viewed 1,277 times
US utility Exelon is to invest nearly $5 billion in low-carbon energy projects starting this year, as part of plans to cut carbon dioxide emissions…
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Published 29 May 2010 | viewed 1,081 times
Seventy percent of global executives plan to increase investment in climate initiatives over the next two years, according to an Ernst & Young survey.
Out…
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Published 25 May 2010 | viewed 2,406 times
The bioenergy industry has defended the use of forest plantations to create fuel for power plants, following claims by NGO Biofuelwatch that expanding wood biomass…
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Published 14 May 2010 | viewed 1,328 times
In a ground-breaking initiative that could trigger a new era in ecosystem markets, the Obama administration issued an executive order yesterday to protect and restore…