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European clean energy fund reaches €200m first close
08 August 2013A fund manager has raised €200 million ($268 million) in a first close for its €450 million clean energy fund.
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Innovative financing needed to scale up clean energy – report
08 August 2013New financing methods are required to scale up the clean energy sector, given the current environment of declining government support and tight bank lending, according to a report released today.
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Chinese solar imports won't face preliminary anti-subsidy duties – EU
08 August 2013Chinese solar products sold to the EU will not be subject to provisional anti-subsidy duties, signalling that a "friendly final agreement" which will benefit investors is in sight.
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Solar firm buys rival's thin-film solar technology
07 August 2013A US solar firm has bought a competitor's thin-film technology in exchange for around $80 million in stock.
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Pension funds buy Italian solar plants
07 August 2013A European investment fund, acting on behalf of pension funds and other institutional investors, has bought four solar energy plants in Italy.
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Solar fund inks first deal since float
07 August 2013A UK solar photovoltaic investment fund that last month raised £130 million ($196.5 million) in a London listing has bought its first project.
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Chinese wind giant issues $300m bond
06 August 2013One of China's largest wind power developers has issued a $300 million bond.
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California takes 'final step' prior to carbon offset issuance
06 August 2013California's cap-and-trade system has passed a "major milestone" after a project registry issued the first offsets that can be used for compliance by the state's emitters, subject to a final review by the regulator.
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North Sea storage site boosts CCS hopes
05 August 2013The UK's bid to build its first carbon capture and storage project was boosted today by claims that a site capable of holding 200 million tonnes of the greenhouse gas has been discovered in the North Sea.
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Solar services company appoints two key executives
05 August 2013A rapidly growing US solar services company has expanded its executive team with two key hires.
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- Texas sues BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard over ESG strategy on coal
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- Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'
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