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  • Siemens moves to stop Alstom's renewables going to GE

    28 April 2014

    Siemens is seeking to acquire the renewables portfolio of struggling energy firm Alstom, in a last minute bid to counter a proposed takeover by US giant General Electric.

  • Lighting and energy storage companies in line for takeovers, says VC investor

    27 February 2014

    Most mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the cleantech sector in coming years are likely to focus on makers of low-energy lighting and energy storage technologies, investors have been told.

  • North Sea storage site boosts CCS hopes

    05 August 2013

    The UK's bid to build its first carbon capture and storage project was boosted today by claims that a site capable of holding 200 million tonnes of the greenhouse gas has been discovered in the North Sea.