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  • 22GW of missed capacity if renewable tax break ends, says SEIA

    16 September 2015

    The amount of solar power capacity constructed in the US could be hit by up to 22GW if a form of incentive known as Investment Tax Credits (ITC) is allowed to expire at the end of 2016, according to research.

  • Renewables to attract $8trn by 2040, says BNEF

    24 June 2015

    Renewables will represent almost 60% of new capacity and two-thirds of the investment in global power generation over the next 25 years, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

  • Clean energy investment falls 15%, but oil rout not to blame, says BNEF

    10 April 2015

    Investment in clean energy dropped 15% in the first quarter of 2015 – but the slump in oil price was not the cause, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

  • Green bonds face key year

    25 March 2015

    The green bond market is at a critical juncture, says Peter Cripps.

  • CECEP Wind shares jump on capital raising plans

    11 March 2015

    Shares in CECEP Wind Power rose 10% – the maximum daily amount – on the Shanghai stock exchange on Wednesday after the company announced plans to raise up to RMB3 billion ($479 million) in additional equity capital.

  • Santander stops funding APRIL after Greenpeace deforestation campaign

    02 March 2015

    Santander has bowed to pressure to withdraw finance from the paper company Asia Pacific Resources International (April) after Greenpeace launched a campaign criticising it for logging Indonesian forests.

  • Bloomberg to expand its green bond universe to include unlabelled issues

    13 November 2014

    Bloomberg is to expand the range of bonds that are searchable as 'green' on its terminals in a move that could help speed the growth of the market.

  • India's Inox Wind aims to raise $163 million

    13 August 2014

    Indian wind energy company Inox Wind has revived plans for an initial public offering (IPO) which it first filed in July last year.

  • Clean energy investment jumps in second quarter

    15 July 2014

    Investment in clean energy in the second quarter of this year was the highest for any quarter since April–June 2012, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

  • Lighting and energy storage companies in line for takeovers, says VC investor

    27 February 2014

    Most mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the cleantech sector in coming years are likely to focus on makers of low-energy lighting and energy storage technologies, investors have been told.