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EU's energy commissioner calls for €12-plus carbon price
17 May 2012Günther Oettinger, the EU's energy commissioner, yesterday said he would like to see a minimum carbon price of €12 ($15.21).
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Securitisation set to unlock new US solar markets
17 May 2012Solar experts say securitisation is set to become an important financing mechanism in their sector, but several hurdles must be overcome, including the perceptions of the rating agencies.
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BlackRock eyes first close for renewables fund
17 May 2012The renewable energy infrastructure fund launched by BlackRock last year is approaching a first close at $400 million, Environmental Finance understands.
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Trickle-down economics
16 May 2012The boom in unconventional oil and gas extraction has brought a host of environmental challenges, not least in wastewater treatment. But it presents an opportunity for VC-backed water treatment firms, says Tom Whitehouse
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Shah warns of 'chaos' over tax equity investment in renewables
16 May 2012A colossal fight is brewing between renewable energy technologies for limited tax equity financing, according to Jigar Shah, president of the Washington, DC-based Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) and founder of SunEdison.
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Global Carbon - Summer 2012
16 May 2012The latest issue of our new quarterly carbon markets and finance publication is now available FREE, online.
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Impax eyeing agriculture and food investment themes
16 May 2012Environmental investment specialist Impax Asset Management plans to launch agriculture and food strategies or funds, as it seeks to exploit growing interest among investors in the 'resource scarcity' theme.
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ADB raises $339m in second clean energy bond issue
16 May 2012The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised the equivalent of $339 million from its second sale of clean energy bonds, the proceeds of which will be directed to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
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Rio+20 talks 'very helpful' for UN climate talks – Figueres
15 May 2012Sustainable development talks at next month's Rio+20 summit are set to be "very helpful" for the UN climate change negotiations, said Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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Solar industry sees Romney threat to key tax break
15 May 2012The US investment tax credit (ITC) for solar energy could be in danger of being repealed under a Mitt Romney administration, experts said.