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SolarCity buys direct marketing company for $120m, raises installation forecast
14 August 2013SolarCity has acquired a direct marketing company focused on the residential solar market for $120 million, in a deal it said will generate new customers and increase its installation levels.
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Sustainability heavyweight - Q&A with Paul Polman
13 August 2013With its ambitious targets to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, waste and water use, Unilever is widely seen as a sustainability champion. Its CEO Paul Polman tells Peter Cripps how its efforts to tackle environmental problems have helped drive its growth.
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Banking woes create opportunities in renewables finance, says fund
13 August 2013Banks' lack of enthusiasm for long-term lending is opening up opportunities for specialist investors in the renewable energy sector, a leading infrastructure fund has claimed.
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World Bank issues $550m green bond
12 August 2013The World Bank has returned to the green bond market in a follow-up to its record-breaking $1 billion offering earlier this year.
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Private equity-backed wind developer files for up to $345m IPO
12 August 2013A wind power developer backed by a leading private equity investor in renewable energy is aiming to raise up to $345 million in a stock market listing.
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Utility in R$1.4bn renewables investment
12 August 2013One of Brazil's largest utilities is to invest R$1.4 billion (US$ 620.5 million) in a renewables firm.
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Former UK climate minister to chair biomass company
12 August 2013Chris Huhne, the former UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change who recently served a prison sentence, has been appointed as chairman of US firm Zilkha Biomass Energy.
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Trading firm 'enters Japanese solar market' with $362m investment
09 August 2013A Japanese trading company plans to invest ¥35 billion ($362 million) to build four solar power plants in the country, according to reports.
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Agriculture assets at 'significant risk' of becoming devalued – report
09 August 2013Climate change could cause assets in the agriculture sector to become 'stranded', a report has claimed, warning that an extreme loss of natural capital could result in $11.2 trillion being wiped off the value of agriculture assets in one year.
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European clean energy fund reaches €200m first close
08 August 2013A fund manager has raised €200 million ($268 million) in a first close for its €450 million clean energy fund.