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US slips behind Germany in E&Y renewables index
30 November 2012Policy uncertainty has seen the US drop from joint second to third place behind Germany in the latest edition of Ernst &Young's renewables investment attractiveness index.
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Demand for new cat bonds 'excellent' despite Sandy
30 November 2012A recently launched $400 million catastrophe (cat) bond shows investors have not been put off the asset class by superstorm Sandy, according to a cat bond structurer.
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EUAs hit record lows as backloading plan is delayed
30 November 2012The price of EU carbon permits hit record lows today after the European Commission admitted that plans to 'backload' 900 million tonnes of allowances will not be agreed by the end of 2012.
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Carillion: Green Deal or no deal
29 November 2012Carillion's acquisition of Eaga may have been hit by the UK's solar tariff decision, but it's confident that the government will deliver on its Green Deal energy efficiency programme. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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Industrial water market to grow by $80bn by 2017
29 November 2012The $35 billion a year global industrial water market is set to grow by a further $80 billion over the next five years, according to HSBC.
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Emitters get reprieve in UK Energy Bill
29 November 2012The UK government plans to let energy-intensive industries off some of the bill for the UK's shift towards clean energy, claiming that "decarbonisation should not mean deindustrialisation".
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Wheb achieves first major exit
29 November 2012Wheb Partners, a clean-tech focused private equity firm, has made its first major exit.
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Impax earnings fall, but new food and agriculture fund will launch next month
29 November 2012Impax Asset Management suffered a 26% fall in operating earnings but said it is poised to benefit from an increase in renewables and the launch of its first fund to invest in food and agriculture.
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UK GIB offers funding for Green Deal Finance Company
29 November 2012The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has made an offer to the Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC) to underwrite the latter's initial post-launch investments, Environmental Finance has learned.
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UKSIF begins search for new Shepherd
28 November 2012The chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) is to step down next year, after a total of 12 years at the head of the trade body.