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Chu urges Congress to extend MLPs to renewables, renew PTC
20 December 2012US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has made a strong pitch for Congress to allow master limited partnerships (MLPs) to finance renewable energy projects.
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UK Green Investment Bank backs offshore wind, Drax with first loans
20 December 2012The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has agreed its first two loans since its official launch last month.
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Looking back on 2012
20 December 2012The collapse of the carbon price? SolarCity's IPO? Musical chairs in the SRI world? Mark Nicholls looks at the peaks and troughs of an eventful year.
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Crédit Agricole launches new sector policies, excludes Arctic drilling
20 December 2012Crédit Agricole has introduced social and environmental policies covering a number of energy sectors, including exclusions on financing offshore Arctic drilling, oil sands exploitation and 'sub critical' coal-fired power plants.
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Putting REITs through their PACEs
20 December 2012Combining real estate investment trusts with Property Assessed Clean Energy financing could unlock a flood of finance for US solar power. Michael Wallander and Morrie Brown explain
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WTO rules against Ontario incentives for local suppliers
20 December 2012A World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against Ontario's renewable energy incentive programme could help boost trade in the sector, it was claimed today.
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Backloading agreement seen key for EUA price recovery
20 December 2012Leading analysts are split on whether EU carbon prices will recover in 2013, but agree that the outcome of an EU vote on backloading will be fundamental.
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US slaps penalties on Chinese, Vietnamese wind turbine towers
19 December 2012The US Commerce Department has imposed final penalties on imports of wind turbine towers from China and Vietnam.
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New Japan government seen cautious on climate, supportive of renewables
19 December 2012The landslide election in Japan of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is likely to see a partial reversal of the country's nuclear phase-out and a more cautious approach to climate change mitigation – but continuation of policies to support renewables, observers said.
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UK politician to push for decarbonisation target in Energy Bill
18 December 2012A leading Conservative politician is to propose an amendment to the UK's Energy Bill to mandate a 2030 decarbonisation target for the power sector.