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Ontario renewables tariff on the block as election nears
11 August 2011Ontario regulators have revamped the province's renewable energy feed-in tariff (FiT) programme, which has been under attack by Conservative legislators vowing to disband it.
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NGOs welcome reforms to IFC sustainability policies
11 August 2011NGOs have welcomed updates to the International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) guidelines for sustainable investment, which they say increase transparency.
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Weather markets calm as US bakes
11 August 2011The fourth warmest July on record has done little to spark activity in the US weather risk markets, according to brokers.
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Lack of disaster-resilience poses risks for investors – Maplecroft
11 August 2011Natural disasters in China, India, the Philippines and Indonesia pose a high risk for investors, according to risk analysis firm Maplecroft.
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Nuclear phase out hits RWE profits, investment plan
09 August 2011The phase-out of nuclear power in Germany has prompted utility RWE to downgrade its earnings expectations for 2011 and sell another €3 billion ($4.3 billion) of assets.
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Investors ignoring wind companies' 'robust fundamentals' – HSBC
08 August 2011Wind turbine makers are boasting healthier order books and stronger margins than investors had feared – but ongoing macro-economic uncertainty means the sector is likely to remain undervalued by the markets, according to HSBC.
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Siemens splits renewables business in two
08 August 2011Technology group Siemens is restructuring its renewables business into two independent units, one concentrating on the more developed wind market, the other focusing on solar and hydropower.
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Offshore wind farm closes €1.2bn financing
08 August 2011A project to install 80 wind turbines off the German coast completed its financing on Friday, according to its major backer, private equity group Blackstone, with support from German development bank KfW.
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US wind installations soar – but future remains uncertain
05 August 2011The US wind energy sector is continuing to recover from the credit crunch with turbine installations on the rise in 2011, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), but future growth could be undermined by an uncertain federal policy environment.
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US clean-tech VC plummets 44% in Q2
05 August 2011US venture capital (VC) investment in clean-tech companies dropped 44% in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, according to consultancy Ernst & Young (E&Y).
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