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UK's woodland carbon code 'misleads' over offset potential
29 July 2011The UK's guidelines for counting the carbon saved in afforestation projects blurs the line over creating carbon offsets, according to developers and retailers of carbon offsets.
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Developers, regulator square off in hydro vs. wind debacle
28 July 2011Wind developers are locked into a contentious dispute, costing them millions of dollars, with a US federal agency over dumping wind power generation to make way for extra electricity generated by hydropower dams.
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Wind Prospect bond becalmed at £2.3m, but financing targets in sight
28 July 2011Renewable energy developer Wind Prospect raised just £2.3 million ($3.75 million) of its targeted £10 million bond issue – but says the process has opened the door to new investors.
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Millions of green jobs created in China... probably
28 July 2011China's fast-growing green economy could provide millions of new jobs in the coming decade, according to a study from the Worldwatch Institute.
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Chinese electric cars 'worse than petrol' for greenhouse gas emissions
28 July 2011Running an electric vehicle in China would emit more greenhouse gases than its petrol-fuelled equivalent, according to an expert in emissions reduction projects.
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Investing for sustainable development
28 July 2011From the UN PRI to the Equator Principles, the standards meant to make investment decisions more sustainable are too weak to work, argues the IIED's Emma Blackmore
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Offshore project finance to reach €3bn in 2011
28 July 2011Banks will lend €3 billion ($4.3 billion) in offshore wind projects in Europe in 2011, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has predicted, although no debt financings closed in the first half of 2011.
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Making an impact
27 July 2011With growing amounts of private capital being directed towards sustainable development, great claims are being made for impact investing. But definitions are unclear and many institutional investors remain unwilling to engage. Graham Cooper reports
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California distribution generation target: 'daunting' and 'ambitious', say analysts
27 July 2011California faces a "daunting task" to reach Governor Jerry Brown's target of installing 12GW of distributed renewable energy generation by 2020, a leading investment analyst has said.
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Raters under review
26 July 2011The Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings aims to do for ratings what the Global Reporting Initiative did for sustainability – and forge consensus from cacophony. Mark Nicholls reports