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Ambienta environmental fund reaches €200m second close
10 January 2014Italian private equity fund Ambienta has raised €200 million ($273 million) for its second fund focused on environmental technologies.
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Investors buy stake in clean cookstove company
10 January 2014A carbon project developer that focuses on the distribution of fuel-efficient cookstoves in Africa has attracted new investors.
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Swiss utility buys stake in German offshore wind project
09 January 2014A Swiss utility has acquired a stake in the planned Butendiek offshore wind farm from its developer.
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Japanese trading firm buys 90% stake in US wind project
08 January 2014One of Japan's largest trading houses has acquired a 90% stake in a wind farm developed by EDF Renewable Energy.
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Tidal power firm is latest to plan public listing
07 January 2014A tidal power project developer and turbine maker is the latest renewables company to eye a stock market flotation.
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$800bn 'oil fund' manager sets up climate change and water reporting framework
03 January 2014The manager of Norway's NOK5 trillion ($800 billion) 'oil fund' has created frameworks to analyse and compare the quality of corporate reporting on climate change and water risks.
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FCC sells majority stake in renewables arm
02 January 2014Spanish construction firm FCC has sold a majority stake in its renewables division for €8 million ($11 million).
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Looking back at 2013
18 December 2013Stranded assets, retroactive subsidy cuts and backloading were among the themes that dominated the markets in 2013. Peter Cripps looks back on some of the highs and lows of the past 12 months.
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Time to advance?
17 December 2013Advanced biofuel makers have disappointed some investors in their struggle to ramp up production to a commercial scale. But do recent plant developments and investment decisions indicate that the sector is turning a corner, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell
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UBS fund takes 50% stake in EDF's Texan wind farm
11 December 2013UBS International Infrastructure Fund is to buy a 50% equity stake in a 161MW Texas wind farm from EDF Renewable Energy for an undisclosed sum.