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  • Infrastructure fund bids for French wind firm

    08 July 2013

    A leading infrastructure fund, whose investors are mostly pension funds, has announced a friendly takeover bid for a financially troubled French wind company.

  • European utility giant hires environmental products trader

    08 July 2013

    The trading arm of a leading European utility has appointed an environmental products trader, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • £40m IPO plan for renewables firm

    08 July 2013

    A carbon market veteran is planning a £40 million ($61.4 million) flotation of a renewable energy venture.

  • Solar pioneer files for insolvency

    05 July 2013

    A pioneer in solar module making will file for insolvency today after one of its lenders rejected a short-term plan to secure new financing for the company.

  • Terra Firma presses on with renewables sale plan, despite pulling German IPO

    04 July 2013

    Private equity group Terra Firma is pursuing plans for a possible sale of renewable energy company Infinis, despite pulling its planned flotation of German property firm Deutsche Annington.

  • Clean-tech VC grows 56% in second quarter

    04 July 2013

    Venture capital investments in clean-tech rebounded in the second quarter of 2013, providing evidence that the sector "is turning a corner", according to the Cleantech Group.

  • UAE bank and UK asset manager partner to invest in renewables

    04 July 2013

    A leading Middle Eastern banking group has partnered with a UK asset manager to co-invest in clean energy in the UK.

  • Utility pulls plug on 'immature' marine power

    03 July 2013

    A utility giant has pulled its support of a leading wave power research project to concentrate on other "more mature" types of renewables.

  • 'First' biofuels facility to capture CO2 from coal-fired plant

    03 July 2013

    A company that uses algae to make biofuels is to build what it claims will be the world's first facility to capture carbon dioxide from a coal-fired power station for use as a feedstock.

  • Siemens Wind Power replaces CEO

    02 July 2013

    Engineering giant Siemens has replaced the head of its wind power division.