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  • Connecticut lawmakers give thumbs up to green bank, bonds for energy retrofits

    09 June 2011

    Connecticut lawmakers have passed comprehensive energy legislation establishing the first state-level green bank in the US and allowing the creation of municipal bond programmes to pay for energy retrofits, albeit with a key modification to avoid the wrath of federal regulators.

  • US clean energy target: casualty of nuclear meltdown

    09 June 2011

    The nuclear disaster in Japan has killed the chances for a US clean energy standard (CES), according to a top Congressional staffer.

  • Most firms failing on water risk management – report

    09 June 2011

    A vanishingly small proportion of large companies are adequately managing risks posed by water shortages, drought and pollution, according to research by EIRIS.

  • Shell, Cosan launch $12bn ethanol venture

    07 June 2011

    Shell has combined forces with Brazilian ethanol company Cosan and launched a $12 billion joint venture, named Raizen, in one of the biggest biofuel deals to date.

  • 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.