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Suntech insolvency could trigger sector consolidation 'despite bailout'
21 March 2013The bankruptcy of Suntech's main unit could trigger consolidation of China's solar industry even if the company gets bailed out by the local government, according to analysts.
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Climate investment: Leading by example
21 March 2013Christiana Figueres and Dominic Waughray introduce a new partnership between the UN and the World Economic Forum to showcase innovation in financing clean energy, climate adaptation and greenhouse gas mitigation
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UK selects final two in £1bn CCS competition
21 March 2013The UK government has selected two preferred bidders in its £1 billion ($1.5 billion) carbon capture and storage (CCS) competition, in a "watershed" move for the technology in Europe.
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Energy efficiency 'better boosted by technical assistance' than project funding
21 March 2013Public money might be better spent giving technical assistance to energy efficiency projects, rather than directly investing in them, the head of the European Commission's energy efficiency unit has said.
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On-bill repayment has 'great promise' for US
20 March 2013On-bill repayment (OBR) of renewable energy and energy efficiency retrofits is still a work in progress, but holds great promise for standardising and scaling clean energy projects, a conference heard.
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UK offers tax breaks for shale gas, little for green economy
20 March 2013Green business groups were left unimpressed by the UK's budget today, which offered tax incentives for shale gas extraction but little support for the UK's low-carbon economy.
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Investors urge Bank of America to quit coal funding
20 March 2013Bank of America has been urged to phase out its coal financing in an open letter signed by 50 investors, NGOs and legal experts.
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NYSE Euronext and Vigeo launch ESG indexes
20 March 2013The world's largest exchange group, NYSE Euronext, has launched a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes using methodology developed by responsible performance expert Vigeo.
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Online 'dating' service to match investors with project developers
19 March 2013A new online exchange aims to become the Match.com of clean energy financing, connecting institutional investors with project developers seeking funding.
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Obama repeats call for $2bn Energy Security Trust
18 March 2013President Barack Obama travelled to Argonne National Laboratory last week to urge Congress to find $2 billion for an Energy Security Trust to fund research into clean transport technologies.