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Clean energy investments slump 12% in 2013 - BNEF
15 January 2014Global investment in clean energy fell 12% to $254 billion in 2013, according to data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). This follows a decline of about 9% between 2011 and 2012.
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Energy storage market 'set for massive boom'
15 January 2014The global market for grid-connected energy storage is "set to explode" in the coming years, driven by the US, Germany and Japan, a report has claimed.
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Texas wind stake takes Google's renewables portfolio above 2GW
15 January 2014Internet giant Google has added to its fast-growing portfolio of renewable energy assets with a $75 million investment in the Panhandle 2 wind farm near Amarillo in Texas. This takes the company's total renewables generation capacity above 2GW.
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Morgan Stanley launches impact investing competition
15 January 2014Morgan Stanley has launched a global competition to find market-based solutions to environmental and social challenges.
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Clean power to the people
14 January 2014The influential climate campaigner Bill McKibben has turned his sights on demanding that investors ditch fossil fuel stocks. Peter Cripps reports
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EIB green bond hits record-breaking €1.5bn after 'tap'
14 January 2014The European Investment Bank (EIB) has completed a new tranche of one of its green bonds, making it the largest issue in the market.
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Danish pension funds invest in 'groundbreaking' public-private climate fund
14 January 2014Some of Denmark's biggest pension funds and a private investment firm have invested in a climate fund focused on developing countries launched by the Danish government.
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Former Deutsche analysts launch energy consultancy
14 January 2014Mark Fulton and Mark Lewis, both former analysts at Deutsche Bank, have set up a new consultancy to advise on financial and policy risks arising from the global transition from fossil fuels.
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IIGCC joins Climate Bond Standards board
14 January 2014The Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has added its weight to an initiative to agree standards for the rapidly growing green bonds market.
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Banks back new transparency guidelines for green bond market
13 January 2014A coalition of 13 major investment banks has backed a set of voluntary principles intended to encourage transparency and integrity in the fast-growing green bonds market.