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Trading platform launched 'to boost liquidity' in REC markets
08 January 2013An over-the-counter trading platform for US renewable energy certificates (RECs) has been officially launched in a move it is hoped will boost liquidity in the market.
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Economic and environmental risks on 'collision course' – WEF
08 January 2013The interconnectedness of economic and environmental risks needs to be recognised and action taken, the World Economic Forum's (WEF) latest global risks report has urged.
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Wheb targets €200m for 'green growth fund'
08 January 2013Private equity firm Wheb Partners has begun marketing its third clean-tech fund, into which it is hoping to raise €200 million ($261 million).
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Chinese cleantech fund reaches $40m first close, final target slashed
08 January 2013Chinese private equity firm Nature Elements Capital has raised $40 million in a first close for its Asia Renewables and Cleantech Fund, but has lowered its final target at the request of investors.
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German solar installations drop after subsidy cut – but 2012 still breaks record
07 January 2013Installations of solar power in Germany have plunged since subsidies were slashed – but the world's biggest solar market still reached an annual installation record in 2012.
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Clean-tech VC investments plunged by a third in 2012
04 January 2013Global investments in clean technologies tanked in 2012, as investors shied away from capital-intensive deals and technology risks, according to Cleantech Group.
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US bears the brunt of natural catastrophe losses in 2012 - Munich Re
04 January 2013Hurricane Sandy and severe drought caused the US to suffer 90% of the global insured losses from natural catastrophes in 2012, a report has revealed.
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Buffett backs biggest solar plant
03 January 2013Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has confirmed his faith in solar energy after snapping up a project to build the world's biggest photovoltaic plant, in a deal worth between $2 billion and $2.5 billion.
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Global carbon market slumps 36% in 2012 – BNEF
03 January 2013The value of the global carbon markets tumbled by more than a third in 2012, but is expected to bounce back in 2013, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF)
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US wind industry wins tax credit extension
02 January 2013The US Congress has thrown the domestic wind industry a lifeline by extending and improving a key tax incentive, as part of the deal struck to avoid the so-called 'fiscal cliff'.