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  • UK GIB in 'landmark' Northern Ireland deal

    30 July 2013

    The UK's Green Investment Bank has helped to fund an £81 million ($124.5 million) combined heat and power plant that will burn wood reclaimed from landfill.

  • Clean-tech sector more optimistic than most, survey says

    29 July 2013

    Businesses in the clean-tech sector are more confident about seeing an increase in profits and investment over the next 12 months than those in other sectors, a survey has found.

  • Methane deal 'could be next' for US-China talks

    29 July 2013

    Cutting methane emissions could be next on the agenda for the US and China, amid signs that the "two carbon elephants" are increasingly cooperating to tackle climate change, according to a report.

  • People moves, July

    26 July 2013

    The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Principles for Responsible Investment, E.ON, Pictet Asset Management, and more.

  • NYSE joins Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

    26 July 2013

    NYSE Euronext, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, has joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, marking "a significant step forward" for the programme.

  • Chinese company buys struggling thin-film maker for 'minimal amount'

    25 July 2013

    A Chinese clean energy company has acquired its third thin-film solar panel maker "for pennies on the dollar", according to an analyst.

  • The shortcomings of securitisation

    25 July 2013

    Asset-backed securities have been much-hyped as a potential way to help the renewables sector access affordable capital. Although they are likely to play an important role, they do not hold all the answers, cautions Rob Sternthal

  • Renewables sector to triple insurance spending by 2020 'to attract new investors'

    25 July 2013

    The renewables sector's spending on risk management products could surge by end of the decade as the industry seeks to unlock finance from risk-averse investors, a report has claimed.

  • Gamesa returns to profit, but analyst warns of weaker H2

    24 July 2013

    Wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa has returned to the black and posted its highest quarterly profit margin since 2009, but could see weaker results in the second half of the year, an analyst has warned.

  • Renewables fund hits £300m float target

    24 July 2013

    A renewables fund has successfully raised £300 million ($460.8 million) in an oversubscribed stockmarket listing.