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Irish-UK wind deal 'scrapped'
15 April 2014The Irish government has abandoned plans to build 2,300 onshore wind turbines to supply the UK energy market, it has been reported.
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Irish wind plans 'in jeopardy' as link with UK slips away
10 March 2014Plans to build onshore wind farms with up to 8GW of capacity in Ireland are set to be scrapped amid reports that a deal to export clean power to the UK is likely to fall through.
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Mainstream trials innovative weather risk product
05 March 2014Mainstream Renewable Power is piloting a new type of insurance product designed to help protect against the risk that the pre-construction phase of an offshore wind plant is delayed by bad weather.
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People moves
05 March 2014The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including new positions for Ritu Kumar and Yvo de Boer. Stories involve companies such as Actis, KPMG, RBS, F&C, UNEP FI, PRI, Terra Firma, Verco, Sunrun and others.
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Renewables M&A deals up a third in 2013, further activity expected in 2014
28 February 2014The value of mergers and acquisitions in renewable energy rose nearly a third in 2013, driven by utilities looking to offload the assets to raise capital, a consultancy firm has found.
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Sunrun 'shakes up solar market' with installation firm acquisition
05 February 2014Sunrun has snapped up three divisions of Mainstream Energy Corporation, in a move set to "shake up the solar market" in the US.
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People moves
16 December 2013The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at the International Corporate Governance Network, Mainstream Renewable Power, Sustainable Development Capital and more
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Mainstream launches capital-raising arm
12 December 2013Project developer Mainstream Renewable Power has launched a new company designed to raise €2.4 billion ($3.3 billion) of capital from institutional investors.
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8GW of projects make final stage of UK bidding round
04 December 2013A total of 16 projects with a combined generation capacity of 8GW have made it through to the final stage of the UK government's bidding round for subsidies.
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'$100bn of institutional investor capital' available for renewables
20 November 2013Institutional investors have more than $100 billion of uncommitted infrastructure capital that could be invested in renewables, an investment banking group has said.