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Developer has grid parity in sight for giant Serbian solar project
01 November 2012The developers of a giant €1.75 billion ($2.27 billion) solar park in Serbia say the project is set to go ahead without any feed-in tariff, and will be able to sell its power at so-called 'grid parity'.
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Can next-generation biofuels deliver?
01 November 2012EU politicians hope capping biofuels made from food crops will trigger a boom in advanced fuels. But is the technology ready to lead the next wave of growth, or will the EU's biofuels targets be missed? Peter Cripps investigates
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Structuring at scale
01 November 2012Jonathan Plowe helped put together the $1 billion SolarStrong deal – and is warning that the renewables sector needs new sources of capital. He talks to Gloria Gonzalez
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Prices plunge in India's saturated REC market
01 November 2012India's renewable energy credit (REC) market has become the latest environmental market to see prices collapse under a flood of supply – although observers are hopeful that regulators will intervene.
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EU backloading plan 'likely to take middle road' – poll
01 November 2012A rescue plan for Europe's struggling carbon market is likely to propose postponing the sale of between 600 million and 900 million allowances, according to a snap poll of analysts.
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Businesses need to value water - report
01 November 2012Businesses have been urged to step up efforts to understand the importance of water to their operations by a new report that argues that the true value of the commodity is not reflected in its price.
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Banks must disclose their 'financed emissions' – RAN
31 October 2012The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has urged big banks to disclose and reduce emissions from their lending, underwriting and investing activities.
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Sandy US insured losses up to $15bn - AIR
31 October 2012AIR Worldwide has estimated that insured losses from Sandy to onshore properties in the US will be between $7 billion and $15 billion.
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Shale gas can help boost renewables: asset manager
31 October 2012The boom in shale gas has the potential to boost the renewables industry, according to Impax Asset Management, which sees immediate investment opportunities in helping limit fracking's environmental impact.
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CCS shortlist leaves out one of the UK favourites
30 October 2012The UK government has drawn up a shortlist of four projects in the running for its £1 billion ($1.6 billion) carbon capture and storage (CCS) funding competition, but has shunned a bid widely seen as one of the likely winners.