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  • Investors expect EU, China to avert full-blown solar trade war

    16 May 2013

    The EU and China are likely to reach a compromise rather than declare a full-blown solar trade war because of the damage it would do to demand in Europe, investors believe.

  • NY Green Bank seeks president

    15 May 2013

    New York governor Andrew Cuomo has begun the search for a president of the state's recently announced $1 billion green investment bank.

  • Tidal energy market 'boosted' by Climex and Tocardo tie-up

    15 May 2013

    Carbon trading exchange Climex has started selling energy generated from turbines produced by Tocardo Tidal Turbines in a move hailed as a "a major step in the development of the tidal energy market".

  • Banks back 'broader, more robust' Equator Principles

    14 May 2013

    Financial institutions that have signed up to the Equator Principles (EP) have backed a new, more robust, version of the voluntary rules for banks' project finance activities.

  • MBB issues €72m bond to fund wind and solar deals

    14 May 2013

    MBB Clean Energy has raised €72 million ($93.4 million) on the bond market and plans to invest the proceeds in ready-to-operate wind and solar farms.

  • EU climate dithering risks lost decade of investment

    13 May 2013

    The EU must resolve "conflicting and contradictory" signals on climate policy to avoid a "lost decade" of investment in its power sector, European electricity association Eurelectric warned in a new report.

  • South African renewables projects worth $3.1bn reach financial close

    13 May 2013

    The South African government's renewable energy programme has seen projects worth a total of $3.1 billion reach financial close, in the initiative's second financing round.

  • Geothermal fights back

    13 May 2013

    The geothermal sector suffered a big fall in financing last year, but a host of initiatives spearheaded by development banks are aiming to open investors' eyes to the technology's potential, especially in emerging markets. Gloria Gonzalez reports

  • UN calls for more climate finance as emissions reach new levels

    13 May 2013

    The UN's climate chief has called for an increase in climate finance as the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the world's atmosphere passes a key threshold.

  • UK Green Investment Bank appoints general counsel

    13 May 2013

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has appointed Euan McVicar, currently a partner at law firm Pinsent Masons, as its general counsel.