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Losses narrow as Clipper looks to investor bailout
07 October 2010US wind turbine manufacturer Clipper Windpower has reported a net third-quarter loss of $26.7 million, narrowing its $120.2 million loss in the same period last year.
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RWE launches renewables venture capital fund
07 October 2010The renewables division of German power giant RWE has launched a €75 million ($105 million) venture capital fund to invest in renewable energy technologies.
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US clean water company eyes $50m AIM listing
07 October 2010Water purification and anti-microbial technology company HaloSource hopes to fuel its global expansion by listing on the UK's Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
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Many risks hinder private sector climate finance - report
07 October 2010Institutional investors have the capacity and appetite to provide finance to help countries mitigate and adapt to climate change but, "the returns must be commensurate with the risks", said Michael Wilkins, global head of carbon markets at rating agency Standard & Poor's.
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UBS establishes clean-tech, renewables banking group
07 October 2010Swiss banking group UBS has formed a global renewable energy and clean-tech group, bringing together bankers from its technology, power and utilities and industrial teams.
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US utilities to meet clean energy targets with coal, nuclear?
07 October 2010Nuclear and cleaner coal would be considered eligible sources in an alternate clean energy standard proposed in the US Senate last week.
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Climate change to become 'strategic priority' at IFC – group head
07 October 2010The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to make climate change a "top strategic priority", according to the head of its newly-formed climate business group, as the development bank promises to treble its climate-related investments to $3 billion.
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US sustainable business market seen doubling to $60bn by 2014
07 October 2010Spending on energy efficiency measures, emissions reductions, clean-tech R&D and carbon management by US corporations is set to double by 2014 – with some areas of sustainability spending seeing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 50%, according to research firm Verdantix.
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CRC could be revised, stripped of cap & auction
30 September 2010The UK's CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme should be simplified, and plans to introduce a cap and allowance auction should be scrapped, according to the committee set up to advise government on climate change.
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White House holding reins on loan guarantees
30 September 2010The White House is holding back the US Department of Energy's (DOE) efforts to speed project approvals under its loan guarantee programme, said renewable energy experts, urging Congress to restore its full funding.
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