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• Why investing in renewable energy companies is high risk

  14 August 2014

  Investors should beware renewables companies that base their business models on government decisions, says Annerose Tashiro

• A licence to list?

  14 November 2013

  There has been a welcome increase in the number of renewables firms launching IPOs in 2013. But is this promising spate of activity a sign that investor confidence in the sector is finally growing, or will it prove a false dawn, asks Peter Cripps

• Making clean-tech pay

  10 July 2013

  Times are tough for clean-tech investors, but Chrysalix can claim to be outshining many of its rivals. The venture capital firm's head Wal van Lierop talks to Felicity Carus

• Solar pioneer files for insolvency

  05 July 2013

  A pioneer in solar module making will file for insolvency today after one of its lenders rejected a short-term plan to secure new financing for the company.