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APX-Endex to launch wood pellet trading platform
20 April 2011Biomass power stations will be able to trade wood pellet futures on an exchange for the first time when APX-Endex launches future contracts later this year.
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TVA spends up to $5bn to dismiss lawsuits, comply with pollution regulations
20 April 2011The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will spend up to $5 billion to settled alleged violations of the Clean Air Act - quickening the government utility's transition from coal-fired power to clean energy.
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Q1 clean energy investment slumps amid policy uncertainty
20 April 2011Global clean energy investment in the first three months of 2011 totalled $31.1 billion, a 34% slump on the previous quarter and down 10% on the corresponding period last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
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REDD report renews McKinsey cost curve criticism
14 April 2011A Greenpeace report which slams consultancy firm McKinsey & Company for its work advising rainforest countries such as Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Congo and Guyana, has prompted renewed scrutiny of a key methodology used to assess carbon abatement.
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EU states 'over-confident' on bioenergy assumptions, say paper companies
13 April 2011Assumptions about the amount of energy that EU member states could obtain from forest biomass are overly optimistic, says the Confederation of Paper Industries (CEPI).
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FTSE lifts lid on ESG data for 2,400 companies
07 April 2011FTSE Group has unveiled environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings for almost 2,400 companies worldwide – allowing clients to access and manipulate "granular data" covering six ESG themes.
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Latin America readies for clean energy rush, despite lack of subsidies
07 April 2011The clean energy sector in Latin America is poised to take off, even without the benefit of the major government subsidies enjoyed in North America and Europe, according to regional experts.
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DEG's 'water filter' to strain investor risk
07 April 2011German development bank DEG has developed a tool to help investors assess the water risk in individual investments and at the portfolio level.
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US surges, Asia wanes as Q1 clean-tech investment reaches $2.6 billion
07 April 2011Global clean-tech venture capital (VC) investment surged 52% to $2.57 billion in the first quarter, buoyed by high value, late-stage deals and strong performance among North American companies, according to analysis by California-based research firm the Cleantech Group. However, the number of transactions in the quarter dropped.
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Corporates say clean-tech investment is good for revenue
07 April 2011Almost three-quarters of corporations surveyed by consultancy Ernst & Young plan to increase or significantly increase clean-tech budgets between 2012 and 2014, reflecting a growing view that such spending can improve corporate revenues.