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Wind industry calls for US RES, as first project guaranteed
11 March 2010The economic stimulus package has provided valuable support for the US wind energy sector, but a national renewable electricity standard (RES) is the policy tenet most critical to the industry's development, project sponsors said.
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Plans hatched to build renewables 'super grid'
11 March 2010Europe will not meet its targets on renewable energy without building a massive 'super grid' to connect offshore wind and solar farms, said a lobby group this week.
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European investors see IPO markets opening
11 March 2010Most European investors expect to see an increasing number of clean technology companies floated over the next 18 months, according to a survey by investor communications firm Carbon International.
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Intervention in EU ETS needed to spur investment – MP
11 March 2010EU governments should intervene in the bloc's flagship emissions trading scheme (ETS) to drive prices high enough to spur low-carbon investments, said a UK Member of Parliament (MP).
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Pension funds to study climate impacts on assets
11 March 2010Concerned that climate change will impact their long-term returns, 14 institutional investors and consultancy Mercer are to research how different climate scenarios could affect their assets.
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IBM earns energy efficiency certificates from server upgrade
11 March 2010Technology giant IBM has become the first company to register energy efficiency certificates (EECs) on an APX registry, following improvements to a data centre in Canada.
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March issue of Carbon Finance out now
11 March 2010The March issue of Carbon Finance is now available, including a look at where next for international climate change negotiations following a disappointing meeting in Copenhagen in December and the resignation of UN climate chief Yvo de Boer.
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Senators demand US suspends renewables grant programme
04 March 2010US senators have asked the Obama administration to suspend a successful grant programme for renewable energy projects because the vast majority of its funds are going to foreign companies.
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MSCI to acquire RiskMetrics
04 March 2010RiskMetrics, the New York-based risk advisory company which has been on a buying spree of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment research firms, is itself to be taken over.
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Shareholders target climate laggards in proxy season
04 March 2010Activist shareholders are turning up the heat on US and Canadian companies to disclose climate change-related risks and opportunities, an effort that is expected to intensify further with new disclosure guidance from US regulators.