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Mainstream trials innovative weather risk product
05 March 2014Mainstream Renewable Power is piloting a new type of insurance product designed to help protect against the risk that the pre-construction phase of an offshore wind plant is delayed by bad weather.
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Energy shot billionaire launches clean energy, water investment company
04 March 2014The billionaire behind the '5-hour Energy' shot has launched an investment company focused on energy conservation and water treatment.
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Expect more frequent weather extremes, says Allianz director
04 March 2014Recent extreme weather conditions in the UK and the US are connected, and are likely to be more frequent in the future, according to Clement Booth, a member of Allianz's management board.
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Insured losses from EU floods may treble by 2050
04 March 2014The cost of floods in the EU may double to €23.5 billion a year by 2050, according to an academic study.
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Cement sector 'needs more than EU ETS to curb emissions'
03 March 2014The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is "essential" but a higher carbon price and complementary policies are required "to unlock much of the emissions reduction potential in the cement sector," says a new report.
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De Boer to head green growth body
03 March 2014Former UN climate chief Yvo de Boer is to take the helm of the Global Green Growth Institute, an international organisation set up by the Korean government in 2010.
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Abengoa seeks to list '$1bn' yieldco
03 March 2014Cleantech engineering firm Abengoa today revealed that it has asked for permission to spin-off some of its assets into a US-listed 'yieldco', in a move that reportedly could raise $1 billion.
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UK GIB requests mandate to lend to small-scale renewables
03 March 2014The UK's £3.8 billion ($6.4 billion) Green Investment Bank has requested that its mandate be extended to allow it to lend to small-scale renewables, after the Co-operative Bank cut its support for the sector.
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SunEdison agrees financing and imminent sale of first UK projects
03 March 2014SunEdison's first UK solar energy projects are due to be operational later this month, the US-based photovoltaics specialist said.
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Creator of 'world's most powerful wind turbine' raises funding
28 February 2014A company that claims to have invented the world's most powerful wind turbine has completed its latest funding round, valuing the firm at €40 million ($54.7 million).
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