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  • Australia's CEFC set for 'flying start' – regulator

    30 May 2013

    Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is expected to "get off to a flying start", said Clean Energy Regulator Chloe Munro today.

  • Novel structure helps PensionDanmark support onshore wind project

    29 May 2013

    An innovative funding structure has enabled Danish pension fund PensionDanmark to participate in the debt financing of the €336 million ($435 million) Jadraas wind farm, the largest onshore wind project in the Nordic region.

  • US regains top spot in E&Y renewables investment index

    29 May 2013

    The US has beaten China to the first place in an attractiveness index for renewable energy investment, following policy progress and corporate action on climate change in the past quarter.

  • IPO plans for New Zealand's Meridian advance

    28 May 2013

    The New Zealand government has moved forward with its plans for a billion-dollar public listing of renewable energy company Meridian Energy.

  • EU divided on Chinese solar import duties

    28 May 2013

    More than half of the 27 EU member states have opposed plans to fire the first shots in a trade war by slapping import duties on solar energy products made in China, according to reports.

  • China to adopt absolute carbon cap in 2016 - report

    28 May 2013

    China is reportedly considering introducing an absolute cap on its carbon emissions in 2016.

  • First round of talks to avoid EU-China solar trade war 'fail'

    24 May 2013

    Unofficial negotiations to avert a full-blown EU-China solar trade war have reportedly failed to make progress.

  • Offshore wind farm 'to attract £1bn investment'

    24 May 2013

    Plans for a 504MW wind farm off the UK coast have been given the go-ahead, in a move with the potential to attract £1 billion ($1.5 billion) of private investment.

  • Massachusetts plans $100m green bond issuance

    24 May 2013

    The state of Massachusetts plans to issue $100 million of 'green bonds'.

  • New markets tempt investors into timber

    23 May 2013

    Forestry is growing in favour as an asset class for institutional investors but the market is being restructured by economic and demographic changes and growing demand for bioenergy, says David Brand of investment manager New Forests.