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DNV acquires sustainability consultancy
08 May 2012DNV has bought Two Tomorrows Group, a UK-based sustainability consultancy, for an undisclosed sum.
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Brazilian exchange seeks afforestation credit buyers, sellers
08 May 2012A new Brazilian environmental exchange has opened its doors to potential buyers and sellers of 'Forest Reserve Credits'.
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Generation leads $18.3m LED VC round
08 May 2012A company specialising in LED lighting has raised $18.3 million in a venture capital financing round led by sustainability-focused investment firm Generation Investment Management.
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Investing with attitude
08 May 2012Californian pension giant CalPERS is flexing its muscles on ESG, under head of corporate governance Anne Simpson. She talks to Felicity Carus
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STX launches renewable energy certificate auctions
08 May 2012An electronic platform for buying and selling renewable energy certificates in Europe has sold 100 gigawatt hours of electricity at its first auction.
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Renewables 'deadline' insurance hard to find
08 May 2012Renewable energy project developers and investors, skittish about missing deadlines that could cost them US federal tax incentives and grants, are asking about the possibility of insurance to cover the risk – but options are extremely limited.
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Morgan Stanley backs major US solar finance facility
08 May 2012Morgan Stanley is investing in a $300 million fund to finance residential solar projects in the US.
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Lenders drive demand for renewables insurance
08 May 2012Demand from lenders is driving insurance purchases for renewable energy projects, even though the risk of a major pollution event for these projects is relatively slim, and the premiums are extremely attractive for buyers, according to providers.
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Staring at the sun
04 May 2012The good news: solar PV is fast approaching the holy grail of grid parity. The bad news: getting there means yet more cost-cutting, restructuring and consolidation. Can investors make money on the way? Mark Nicholls reports
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Making clean energy cheap
03 May 2012It's long been the prescription of environmental economists that those who pollute should bear the costs of that pollution – that so-called environmental externalities should be borne not by society as a whole, but by those responsible for them.