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Taking the pulse of the voluntary market
09 May 2013Mark Nicholls reports on the results of Carbon Finance's latest Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings – and finds growth and innovation, but some anxiety about oversupply
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Offshore wind investment to surge to €130bn by 2020
08 May 2013Investments in offshore wind power are set to increase more than 15-fold by 2020, but developers must be able to reduce energy generation costs by 30% by that year to be competitive, a consultancy has said.
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PV breaks through 100GW mark, but Europe's dominance 'to end'
08 May 2013Europe is set to lose its role as the leading installer of solar photovoltaic (PV) power in the current year, a new report has forecast.
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REC markets: the case for standardisation
07 May 2013Renewable energy certificate markets cover two-thirds of the US power grid – but, with dozens of different instruments traded, are hobbled by a lack of contract standardisation, says Christian Hofer
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Bonn climate talks give 'cause for hope' – NGOs
07 May 2013NGOs have welcomed a change in the tone of the UN climate negotiations, following a meeting in Germany last week in which constructive ideas were tabled.
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Groote aims for July for second backloading vote
07 May 2013The chairman of the European Parliament's environment committee expects the Parliament to vote again on a plan for a short-term fix to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) at the July plenary – a move welcomed by observers.
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Denham strikes $75m Australian wind deal
07 May 2013Energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital has invested US$75 million of equity in a 1GW portfolio of wind projects under development in Australia.
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PGE drops CCS plans, blames lack of funding
07 May 2013Polish utility PGE confirmed it has cancelled plans to build a carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plant, due to a failure to secure enough funding for the project.
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Aviva Investors hires responsible investment head
03 May 2013Aviva Investors has appointed Adeline Diab to head up the firm's efforts to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) into its mainstream investment processes.
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Renewables association slams NGOs' anti-biomass subsidy campaign
03 May 2013The debate over the sustainability of biomass has been pushed back under the spotlight after the Renewable Energy Association (REA) hit out at NGOs that called for the UK government to lower its subsidies for the fuel.