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Call to financiers to fund emerging markets renewables revolution
28 October 2013Financiers need to help the renewables industry shift its focus from the "dying" Western subsidies market and embrace the "phenomenal revolution" in emerging markets, a conference heard.
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California adopts first US energy storage target 'to boost renewables'
18 October 2013California's utilities will be required to buy energy storage capacity totalling 1.325GW by 2020 under a "first of its kind" target set by state regulators.
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Schroders launches fund to invest in cat bonds
08 October 2013Schroders Asset Management has launched a fund to invest in catastrophe (cat) bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS).
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Monsanto pays $1bn for weather risk firm
03 October 2013Agribusiness giant Monsanto is to acquire The Climate Corporation, a provider of weather hedging services to arable farmers, for $930 million.
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Renewables: a hotspot for the weather risk market
23 September 2013Requests for weather risk products from renewable energy developers and investors are mounting, providing market participants with long sought-after new demand. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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Fund consortium backs US solar developer
05 September 2013A consortium of funds has invested $67.3 million in a US solar company to finance the development of utility-scale solar projects.
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RenRe Energy Advisors sold for 'mid double-digit million dollars'
03 September 2013Munich Re is to pay a "mid double-digit million" dollar price to acquire RenRe Energy Advisors, a leading weather derivatives dealer, from Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings.
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SunEdison spins off semiconductor business to focus on solar
23 August 2013SunEdison, a US solar and semiconductor developer, has announced it will spin off its semiconductor business in an initial public offering (IPO) and use the proceeds to finance its solar business.
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World Bank issues $550m green bond
12 August 2013The World Bank has returned to the green bond market in a follow-up to its record-breaking $1 billion offering earlier this year.
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Middle Eastern promise
01 August 2013The Middle East is poised to become a hotspot of renewables activity over the next few decades. Graham Cooper outlines which countries and sectors hold the most promise for investors.