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New Forests raises A$500m into Australasian forests fund
30 September 2010Sydney-based timberland and 'eco-products' investment firm New Forests has raised A$500 million (US$485 million) into its Australia New Zealand Forest Fund, beating its fundraising target.
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UK climate minister calls for massive energy efficiency push, warms to nuclear
23 September 2010The UK's forthcoming 'Green Deal' will create a quarter of a million jobs insulating homes, paid for by utilities in exchange for a share of the energy savings, according to the Secretary of State for Climate Change and Energy Chris Huhne.
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Spain, Basel cast pall over renewables financers
23 September 2010The renewable energy sector may have passed last year's nadir, but finance is far from flowing. Mark Nicholls reports
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Climate disclosure steady despite economy and climate talk wobbles - CDP
23 September 2010Global corporations continued voluntarily disclosing climate change risks and opportunities at a high rate despite the slow economic recovery and the failure of UN climate talks, according to an annual survey conducted by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
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Brookfield reaches $2.7bn close for latest infrastructure fund
23 September 2010Canada's Brookfield Asset Management has raised nearly twice as much as originally hoped into its latest infrastructure fund, closing at US$2.7 billion to be invested in assets including renewable energy generation.
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Plastic use no longer under wraps as Clinton launches investor initiative
23 September 2010Former US President Bill Clinton has announced an investor-led survey of how companies use and track plastic in their business.
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Uphill battle seen to fund CCS plants
23 September 2010Carbon capture and storage (CCS) faces formidable funding challenges, according to a recent survey of private sector capital providers.
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World's largest offshore wind farm goes live, Scotland ramps up renewables targets
23 September 2010The world's largest offshore wind farm opened today, taking the UK's installed wind power capacity over the 5GW mark.
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Bipartisan support for effort to revive US renewables standard
23 September 2010A US federal renewable electricity standard (RES) received a renewed bipartisan push for passage through Congress, which renewable experts described as a positive first step in addressing the financing conundrum.
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Ratings questions loom over who will finance renewables growth
23 September 2010Concerns are growing that the potential flow of institutional investor money into the renewables sector is being stoppered by the ratings agencies.