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Suntech CEO move fails to reassure investors
16 August 2012Troubled solar module giant Suntech has promoted its finance head to CEO and elevated its founder Zhengrong Shi to executive chairman, in a move that has failed to impress analysts.
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NGOs slam Bank of America for coal financing
16 August 2012NGOs and activists have criticised Bank of America's latest corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, saying it fails to address the bank's financing of coal power.
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Investors chilled by prospect of US biofuels waiver
15 August 2012Waiving the US renewable fuel requirements would send a "chilling signal" to investors in advanced biofuels, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.
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Shine returns to UK's big solar projects
15 August 2012The investment case for large UK solar projects is looking strong, thanks to falling equipment costs and steady subsidies. Christopher Cundy reports
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Carbon exchange veteran turns to small-scale renewables
15 August 2012The former chief executive of Climate Exchange is raising money for a company that will invest in small-scale renewable energy generation in the UK.
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Emerging Asia, supply chains face greatest natural hazards risk – Maplecroft
15 August 2012India, Vietnam and the Philippines are among the ten countries with the greatest proportion of their economic output exposed to natural hazards – putting corporate supply chains at risk, according to risk analysis company Maplecroft.
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RWE feels the heat from German solar expansion
14 August 2012German energy giant RWE is feeling the pressure from a rapid expansion of solar photovoltaics across the country, which it says is "crowding out conventional generation capacity".
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Spinning gold from green
14 August 2012Ben Goldsmith hasn't yet persuaded the family investment company to invest his father's legacy sustainably – but he's hoping to achieve his green investment ambitions through the Wheb Group. Mark Nicholls reports
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US solar import tariffs could soar, lawyer warns
13 August 2012The duties on Chinese solar equipment imports into the US could rise dramatically if importers are caught trying to evade these penalties, with border officials on the prowl for circumvention efforts, according to a lawyer representing US manufacturers.
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On the road to reform?
13 August 2012The European Commission has started the ball rolling on a reform process designed to tackle the crippling overhang of emissions allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System. Katie Kouchakji and Mark Nicholls report