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The hunt for Green Alpha
24 October 2013Environmental Finance speaks to market players who see the climate change and resource scarcity themes as an opportunity, to track down the sectors and stocks that are currently exciting them
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Macquarie targets Japanese solar through ¥100bn joint venture
23 October 2013Macquarie Capital and Japanese construction and engineering group Maeda Corporation have launched a joint venture to invest in and raise finance for solar power projects.
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Gates takes €113m stake in Spain's FCC
22 October 2013Microsoft founder Bill Gates has bought a 6% stake in Spanish infrastructure and environmental services company FCC for €113.5 million ($155.9 million).
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Advanced biofuels maker gets $100m from Khosla, Gates
22 October 2013Khosla Ventures and Gates Ventures have, in two separate transactions, committed to invest a total of $100 million to help a US manufacturer of non-food biofuels to expand its production capacity.
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Voting begins in 14th annual Environmental Finance rankings
15 October 2013Voting has opened in the annual Environmental Finance market rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.
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Fixed income focus needed 'to scale up impact investing'
15 October 2013Impact investing companies should move away from its focus on private equity and offer more fixed income products to attract institutional investors, a conference has heard.
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Stranded assets: the divestment debate
14 October 2013There are calls for investors to reduce their exposure to fossil fuel stocks amid fears that their valuations will slump if politicians make good on their climate promises. But is now the right time to divest? Two institutional investors with contrasting views spoke to Environmental Finance
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Chinese PV maker bids for stake in bankrupt Suntech unit
09 October 2013A Chinese solar panel manufacturer has disclosed plans to inject cash into Suntech's insolvent manufacturing unit as it placed a bid for a stake in the debt-laden solar module giant.
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Solar fund plans additional £175m investment in UK market
07 October 2013A leading solar energy fund expects soon to invest an additional £175 million ($282 million) in photovoltaic plants in the UK.
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Media giant invests $300m in first US solar plant with thermal energy storage
02 October 2013A digital media firm has made a $300 million investment in a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant under development in Arizona with thermal energy storage.