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Putting pellets out to market
02 March 2012The use of biomass by the power sector is growing fast – but creating an active market in wood pellets is proving a challenge. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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The ELD looms large
02 March 2012Europe's Environmental Liability Directive is extending often hard-to-quantify environmental exposures across a wide range of companies, says Cliff Warman
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FTSE launches new carbon indexes
01 March 2012Index provider FTSE has launched four carbon indexes to help investors reduce long-term climate change risks.
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Bank of England to discuss carbon 'bubble' with investors
01 March 2012The Bank of England has agreed to a meet investors and lobby groups next month to discuss whether climate change poses a systemic risk to capital markets.
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ICAP acquires biofuels broker
01 March 2012ICAP Energy will launch its first services in the European alternative fuels market after acquiring biofuels broker Sun Commodities for an undisclosed sum.
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GE ramps up solar investments, diversifies from wind
01 March 2012GE Energy Financial Services has invested more than $1.4 billion in solar projects globally in the past year, and expects a "very active" 2012 in the sector.
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US tax equity market to support renewables in 2012 – E&Y
01 March 2012Despite dire predictions, the US renewable energy sector will not experience a significant shortfall in its ability to access tax equity investment in 2012, but will start to feel the effects of expiring federal subsidies the following year, according to a new report by Ernst & Young.
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SunGen plans $60m solar, efficiency investments
01 March 2012SunGen Capital Management, a renewable energy finance and investment management firm, plans to invest about $60 million in solar photovoltaic (PV) and energy efficiency projects in the Northeast US this year, according to its co-founder.
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Vontobel drops renewables, favours water, in clean-tech fund
29 February 2012A clean-tech equity investment fund operated by Swiss asset management firm Vontobel has cut its exposure to renewable energy companies, while boosting its holdings in the water sector.
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Early solar subsidy cuts "a blow" to German solar sector
29 February 2012Germany is to bring forward cuts to its solar feed-in tariffs, it confirmed today, giving the sector less than two weeks to prepare for the changes.