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Veteran solar firm Evergreen files for bankruptcy
16 August 2011Environmental technology pioneer Evergreen Solar has filed for bankruptcy and is seeking to sell assets to part repay creditors.
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Desalination investments seen averaging $2bn/yr
16 August 2011Investment in seawater desalination is forecast to average $2 billion a year to 2015, with almost half of this expenditure going on components and materials, according to US market analysts The McIlvaine Company.
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US Army's latest campaign: renewables
16 August 2011The US Army will aggressively recruit private sector companies in pursuit of $7.1 billion in investments for renewable energy generation projects on Army property.
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EU joins Japan in attacking Ontario's renewables tariff
15 August 2011Ontario's renewable energy feed-in tariff (FiT) programme is facing yet another trade challenge, this time from the EU.
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MEMC scoops up Fotowatio's US solar business
12 August 2011Solar equipment manufacturer MEMC Electronic Materials is to spread its wings further into the business of developing solar projects, with the acquisition of the US subsidiary of Fotowatio Renewable Ventures.
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China, California likely to dictate US carbon market – Sandor
11 August 2011Successful carbon cap-and-trade programmes in China and California are likely to be necessary preconditions of any US national market in greenhouse gas emissions, according to market pioneer Richard Sandor.
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Green bamboo bond targets $12m
11 August 2011UK-based investment adviser Emerald Knight is marketing an asset-backed bond that will invest in bamboo plantations in Central America.
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Ontario renewables tariff on the block as election nears
11 August 2011Ontario regulators have revamped the province's renewable energy feed-in tariff (FiT) programme, which has been under attack by Conservative legislators vowing to disband it.
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NGOs welcome reforms to IFC sustainability policies
11 August 2011NGOs have welcomed updates to the International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) guidelines for sustainable investment, which they say increase transparency.
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Weather markets calm as US bakes
11 August 2011The fourth warmest July on record has done little to spark activity in the US weather risk markets, according to brokers.
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- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
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- Green bond reporting requirements are 'crazy'
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
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- RIAA launches nature toolkit for investors
- Three-quarters of Article 8 funds potentially violate ESMA fund names rules, Bloomberg finds
- IFC issues second 'blue'-focused green bond