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• Camco wins £3.6m energy storage grant

  05 November 2013

  A subsidiary of London-listed Camco Clean Energy (CCE) has been awarded a £3.6 million ($5.7 million) grant from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to develop a utility-scale energy storage device.

• Platina completes second renewables fund exit

  04 November 2013

  Investment firm Platina Partners has today exited its second renewables fund in the past half-year.

• Trading Emissions sees NAV halve as sell-off continues

  04 November 2013

  Trading Emissions plc (TEP), an investment fund specialising in environmental assets and carbon credits, saw its net asset value fall to £75.1 million ($119.8 million) from £157.3 million during its financial year ending 30 June.

• Infinis passes milestone on road to '£930m' float

  04 November 2013

  The renewables company run by private equity giant Terra Firma, has provided further details of its plans to float this month, in a move expected to value the company at up to £930 million ($1.5 billion).

• Hong Kong-listed solar firm to buy bankrupt Suntech unit for $492m

  04 November 2013

  A Chinese solar company will pay RMB3 billion ($492 million) to acquire the insolvent manufacturing unit of solar panel giant Suntech.

• People moves

  04 November 2013

  The latest people moves in the environmental markets, covering companies including the World Bank, Aberdeen Asset Management, Principles for Responsible Investment, Sindicatum, E.On, PwC and more

• Call for coalition to drive green bond market growth

  01 November 2013

  Citi and Bank of America Merrill Lynch have attempted to accelerate the growth of the fledgling green bond market by calling for a collaboration of investors, issuers and dealers to drive its development.

• Calvert launches innovative green bond fund

  31 October 2013

  Calvert Investments has today launched an innovative green bond fund designed to tap into growing demand for environmentally friendly investments.

• A salute to South Africa

  31 October 2013

  South Africa's plan to add 17.8GW of renewables capacity by 2030 is staggering in its scale. It means that some 42% of the energy generation installed between 2010 and 2030 will be clean.

• Sustainability reporting 'hits plateau'

  31 October 2013

  The growth in the number of listed companies reporting key sustainability metrics is "slowing dramatically", a report has warned.