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Industrial water market to grow by $80bn by 2017
29 November 2012The $35 billion a year global industrial water market is set to grow by a further $80 billion over the next five years, according to HSBC.
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Emitters get reprieve in UK Energy Bill
29 November 2012The UK government plans to let energy-intensive industries off some of the bill for the UK's shift towards clean energy, claiming that "decarbonisation should not mean deindustrialisation".
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Wheb achieves first major exit
29 November 2012Wheb Partners, a clean-tech focused private equity firm, has made its first major exit.
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Impax earnings fall, but new food and agriculture fund will launch next month
29 November 2012Impax Asset Management suffered a 26% fall in operating earnings but said it is poised to benefit from an increase in renewables and the launch of its first fund to invest in food and agriculture.
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UK GIB offers funding for Green Deal Finance Company
29 November 2012The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has made an offer to the Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC) to underwrite the latter's initial post-launch investments, Environmental Finance has learned.
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UKSIF begins search for new Shepherd
28 November 2012The chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) is to step down next year, after a total of 12 years at the head of the trade body.
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UK's Green Investment Bank opens with sights on institutions
28 November 2012Making the UK's offshore wind farms attractive to pension funds and insurance companies will be key to the success of the country's newly launched Green Investment Bank (GIB), its chief investment officer said.
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Vestas buys time with deal on credit lines
27 November 2012Analysts have welcomed a deal Vestas has struck with its banks to extend its credit lines, but they warn the wind turbine bellwether remains under pressure to restructure and improve its financial position.
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China Development Bank lends 30bn Yuan for wind projects
27 November 2012The China Development Bank (CDB) is to extend 30 billion Yuan ($4.8 billion) of finance to China Guangdong Nuclear (CGN) to fund its wind energy activities domestically and abroad.
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AIR increases Sandy loss estimate to $16bn-22bn
27 November 2012Superstorm Sandy was much more costly than previously thought, with modelling firm AIR Worldwide updating its insured loss estimates to the $16 billion-22 billion range, up from $7 billion-15 billion initially.
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