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  • Clean-tech investment pioneer in liquidation

    02 July 2013

    The UK's first publicly-listed clean-tech venture capital firm has entered into voluntary liquidation. Low Carbon Accelerator (LCA) shares were withdrawn from trading on the London Stock Exchange at 7.00am this morning.

  • A$529m refinancing catalyses wind farm sale

    01 July 2013

    Australia's clean energy fund and a consortium of banks have invested A$529 million (US$486 million) to refinance Meridian Energy's 50% holding in the southern hemisphere's largest wind farm, paving the way for Meridian to sell its stake.

  • Allianz buys three wind farms

    27 June 2013

    German insurance giant Allianz has expanded its renewable energy portfolio, buying three wind farms with a combined capacity of 100MW.

  • Energy efficient ships an 'attractive investment opportunity', says bank

    27 June 2013

    Investors are increasingly seeing retrofitting ships with fuel-saving technologies as an attractive opportunity, according to a bank, which is developing a finance mechanism for the activity.

  • Green Investment Bank gets £800m boost, and borrowing powers

    27 June 2013

    The UK's trailblazing Green Investment Bank (GIB) today saw its firepower increased by £800 million ($1.2 billion), and was for the first time granted permission to borrow capital.

  • Camco writes off CDM investments, readies energy storage for market

    27 June 2013

    The collapse in Clean Development Mechanism credit prices has forced London-listed Camco Clean Energy to write-off its remaining investments in the sector, while its energy storage and biogas investments start to pay off.

  • Investor confidence rising in wind sector – bank

    25 June 2013

    Investor confidence in wind turbine manufacturers will continue to grow in the second half of 2013, a leading bank has forecast.

  • US investment manager offers carbon-neutral fund

    25 June 2013

    A US investment manager is to make one of its funds carbon-neutral by purchasing emission offset credits from projects that generate electricity from methane captured at landfill sites.

  • Third-party solar firm wins over major bank in fundraising

    25 June 2013

    A company that installs solar panels on homes in the US has won financing to fund the purchase of more than $630 million worth of projects.

  • Sustainability a growing concern for investors – BoA

    24 June 2013

    Mainstream investors will increasingly rely on sustainability metrics to inform investment decisions, Bank of America has claimed.