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  • KKR blows into French wind

    07 June 2011

    Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) has formed a joint venture with an Italian developer to tap the French wind market, in the private equity giant's first European renewables investment.

  • Renewable chemicals firm files for $125 million IPO

    02 June 2011

    A firm developing renewable substitutes for petroleum-based chemicals plans to raise $125 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq.

  • Companies to woo clean-tech investors with a hello?

    02 June 2011

    By match-making clean-tech firms and investors, introduction service Hello Cleantech aims to help firms stand out from the crowd – and collect a finder's fee.

  • UK clean-tech confidence dives amid policy uncertainty

    01 June 2011

    Confidence in the UK clean-tech sector has plummeted, according to consultancy Ernst & Young, which blames recent policy developments, such as the government's electricity market reform and solar feed-in tariff review.

  • Nobao dumps IPO – again

    31 May 2011

    Chinese heat pump developer Nobao Renewable Energy has pulled its $300 million offering, just weeks after the firm revived its New York Stock Exchange listing plans.

  • Solazyme joins Nasdaq

    27 May 2011

    Algae biofuels company Solazyme debuted on the Nasdaq today, with stocks reaching a 20% premium on its $18 offer price.

  • Investors question companies on 'disconnect' with manufacturers' carbon stance

    26 May 2011

    Investors are challenging companies over their relationships with a trade organisation that is seeking to derail US carbon regulations.

  • Bioenergy sustainability indicators agreed by international body

    24 May 2011

    Leading countries have agreed a set of sustainability indicators to inform the production and use of bioenergy, meeting repeated requests from the G8 for such guidelines.

  • ADB seeds up to $700m of clean-tech venture funds

    24 May 2011

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to pump $60 million into three clean-tech venture capital funds focused on China and India.

  • Gamesa launches €50 million corporate venture capital fund

    20 May 2011

    Spanish wind energy giant Gamesa is to ring-fence €50 million ($71 million) for a corporate venture capital (VC) fund to invest in "new renewable technologies".