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First State sets up 'stranded assets' working group
27 March 2014Asset manager First State has set up a working group to explore the dangers that 'stranded carbon assets' pose to its investment portfolio.
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Abandon quarterly reporting, McKinsey head tells firms and investors
27 March 2014Companies should abandon quarterly reporting, according to the head of consultancy McKinsey & Co, as he claimed asset managers and asset owners hold the key to pushing corporates away from short-term thinking.
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Brookfield expands into Europe with €495m acquisition
27 March 2014Brookfield Renewables Energy Partners has agreed to pay some €700 million ($963 million) for 17 wind farms in Ireland, marking its first move into the European market.
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The next generation
27 March 2014US President Barack Obama is forging ahead with federal guidelines to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. Katie Kouchakji looks at what form the standards could take, the implications for investors
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Renewables IPOs to 'struggle' as London market reaches 'saturation point'
13 March 2014Some of the latest attempts to list renewables vehicles on the London market will fail to get away, or raise as much capital as hoped, as investors warn that the supply of these products begins to outstrip demand.
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RGGI: a Revived Greenhouse Gas Initiative
12 March 2014Following a year-long review, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has undergone significant changes which have breathed new life into the programme, finds Katie Kouchakji
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People moves
05 March 2014The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including new positions for Ritu Kumar and Yvo de Boer. Stories involve companies such as Actis, KPMG, RBS, F&C, UNEP FI, PRI, Terra Firma, Verco, Sunrun and others.
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Creator of 'world's most powerful wind turbine' raises funding
28 February 2014A company that claims to have invented the world's most powerful wind turbine has completed its latest funding round, valuing the firm at €40 million ($54.7 million).
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German fuel cell company attracts new VC investors
27 February 2014Sunfire, a German developer of high-temperature fuel cells, has secured a "high seven-figure" sum in second-round financing, which attracted two new investors – Total Energy Ventures and Electranova Capital.
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Lighting and energy storage companies in line for takeovers, says VC investor
27 February 2014Most 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.