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Smart grid crucial to renewables revolution – but who will pay?
21 October 2010A modernisation of the electricity network will be essential if Europe's utilities are to switch to renewable power generation at the scale hoped, according to firms and investors in the smart grid space.
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Carbon price alone cannot unlock US nuclear ambitions
21 October 2010A federal carbon price would provide a major boost to the US nuclear power industry, but would not solve all its problems, experts said.
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Trade brawl with China no substitute for US climate policy - experts
21 October 2010The US government's decision to investigate whether China's green energy subsidies violate international trade law is good news for US manufacturers, but does not alleviate the need for a US climate policy that adequately supports the clean energy sector, experts said.
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Ratings agencies failing bond investors over water risk – report
21 October 2010Bond investors are "blindly placing bets" on which US public utilities are best able to manage growing and imminent water risks, Ceres said in a report out today – which partly blames "weak scrutiny" by ratings agencies.
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Europe's SRI market almost doubles, to €5 trillion, in two years
14 October 2010The value of the European sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) market has almost doubled, to €5 trillion ($7 trillion) over the last two years, according to the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif).
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Offshore wind drives clean energy asset financing to record
14 October 2010Investment in clean energy hit $37.9 billion in the third quarter, as a flood of cash into offshore wind infrastructure in the North Sea helped drive a record $32.8 billion in asset financing.
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Caparo, HaloSource raisings boost AIM clean-tech
14 October 2010There are signs of growing clean-tech activity on the UK's Alternative Investment Market (AIM), with wind company Caparo Energy joining the bourse on Tuesday, and a multi-million dollar raising for AIM-hopeful HaloSource.
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Clean-tech investment drops 30% while China ups market share
07 October 2010Global venture capital investment in clean technology in July to September fell 30% from the previous quarter, as economic recovery doubts resurfaced and the solar sector waned, an analyst report says.
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US looks to stem flow of e-waste to developing countries
07 October 2010Dumping electronic waste (e-waste) in developing countries could be banned in the US, if a bill put forward in the country's House of Representatives gains traction.
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US clean water company eyes $50m AIM listing
07 October 2010Water purification and anti-microbial technology company HaloSource hopes to fuel its global expansion by listing on the UK's Alternative Investment Market (AIM).