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On offshore wind, US developers look to Europe
13 April 2011US offshore wind developers and potential investors can learn a lot about financing these projects from their European counterparts, wind experts said.
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Tax break for US wind power to survive – but not cash grants
12 April 2011Wind energy advocates in the US are confident that the country's production tax credit (PTC) will be extended beyond its 2012 scheduled expiration, but they are pessimistic about the prospects for the cash grant programme.
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F&C appointed to run NEST ethical fund
12 April 2011The UK's recently launched national pension scheme, the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), has appointed F&C Asset Management to manage its ethical fund.
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EPA's budget, Senate reprieve seen as temporary
11 April 2011Environmental activists are cheering the second narrow escape for US federal efforts to tackle climate change in one week – but warn that the assault from Republicans is far from over.
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Debt flows to US's beleaguered wind sector
11 April 2011The debt market has fully recovered from the economic recession and is welcoming wind energy projects with open arms, but the tax equity market still has a long way to go to regain lost ground, wind energy experts said.
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Ecosystem trading firm wins Shell backing
07 April 2011Ecosystem markets company Environment Bank has won funding from the Shell Foundation to establish habitat banking projects in south-east England and a trading system – ahead of the possible introduction of ecosystem banking legislation in the UK.
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FTSE lifts lid on ESG data for 2,400 companies
07 April 2011FTSE Group has unveiled environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings for almost 2,400 companies worldwide – allowing clients to access and manipulate "granular data" covering six ESG themes.
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More clean energy, less coal financing for World Bank?
07 April 2011A leaked draft of the World Bank's energy strategy says renewables and hydropower will receive a bigger proportion of financing from the institution, with further restrictions imposed on coal projects.
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Latin America readies for clean energy rush, despite lack of subsidies
07 April 2011The clean energy sector in Latin America is poised to take off, even without the benefit of the major government subsidies enjoyed in North America and Europe, according to regional experts.
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'Small delay' for Indian energy efficiency trading scheme
07 April 2011India's flagship energy efficiency scheme, set for a 1 April launch, has been delayed, as energy intensity targets for the 462 participating industrial entities have yet to be finalised.
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