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Biomass can produce more UK electricity than previously hoped - report
05 November 2012The biomass sector has the potential to smash the targets set for it by the UK government and still provide a good return for investors, a new report has claimed.
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EU-China solar trade dispute intensifies
05 November 2012China has hit back at the EU in the solar trade war – filing a complaint about the EU's solar subsidies to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and launching an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation on the EU's exports of solar polysilicon.
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Brookfield sells C$175m in hydro project bonds
05 November 2012Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners has raised C$175 million (US$176 million) for the financing of a hydroelectric project in Canada from the sale of 41-year bonds.
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EDITORIAL: After the election
05 November 2012It's one of those ironies of history that, if Republican John McCain had won the presidency in 2008, it's likely that by now the US would have imposed an economy-wide cost of carbon, through a federal cap-and-trade programme.
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Camco Clean Energy to sell renewables technology
05 November 2012Camco Clean Energy has started manufacturing and marketing a new energy storage device, highlighting growing diversification from its carbon market background, it has revealed.
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Forest carbon market hits record despite fall in REDD – report
05 November 2012The value of the forest carbon market hit a record $237 million last year, despite a sharp fall in transaction volumes from projects that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).
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Sandy could be most expensive US storm since Katrina
02 November 2012Superstorm Sandy could be the costliest US natural disaster for the insurance industry since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, according to Eqecat.
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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