Archive for 2012
21 December 2012
Clean energy and oil recovery-focused company Glori Energy has withdrawn its plans for a $115m initial public offering (IPO).
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21 December 2012
Neo Solar Power (NSP) and DelSolar have signed a merger agreement, following the completion of the first-stage tender offer by NSP in acquiring 15 per cent stake of DelSolar.
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21 December 2012
Wellspring Capital Management has sold its energy efficient boiler portfolio Cleaver-Brooks to Harbour Group for an undisclosed price.
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21 December 2012
Finavera Wind Energy has signed an agreement for the $40m sale of a British Columbia wind project portfolio.
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21 December 2012
The Business Development Bank of Canada has invested in the Atlantic Canada Regional Venture Fund, set up to finance start-up companies in the IT, clean energy and healthcare sectors, through its venture capital arm.
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21 December 2012
Global private equity giant KKR has launched an innovative partnership with United Water to handle the water infrastructure needs of the City of Bayonne in New Jersey.
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21 December 2012
Corporate venturing firm Intel Capital has revealed a $300m investment drive over 2012 with the firm backing 50 additional companies.
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21 December 2012
AIM-listed renewables group Kedco has completed the acquisition of Reforce Energy, which is focused on small-scale renewable projects across various technologies.
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21 December 2012
Atraverda, the South Wales-based ceramic bipolar battery maker, has appointed administrators after discussions over securing working capital broke down.
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20 December 2012
Aquacast International, a UK-based environmentally-friendly flood protection company, has its sights set on the Thai market as the government’s lack of action on coastal erosion causes other international firms to go elsewhere.
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20 December 2012
US-based technology innovator FuelCell Energy is looking to tap into the opportunity created by a move away from nuclear and towards ‘clean baseload’ distributed generation.
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20 December 2012
New York-based private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Dash Multi-Corp, a manufacturer of recycled rubber products and formulated polyurethane, vinyl plastisol and specialty coatings.
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20 December 2012
Arun Majumdar, founder of the US government’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy, is to move to Google to steer energy initiatives at its philanthropic arm and advise on its wider power strategy.
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20 December 2012
Revenues from its renewable energy activities are expected to stay flat for Areva in 2013 as project delays take their toll.
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20 December 2012
UK energy production and consumption for offshore wind power in the third quarter of 2012 increased by 54 per cent compared with the same period last year, according to a Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) report.
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20 December 2012
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has provided financing needed by Drax Group for it to progress with its biomass conversion plans.
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20 December 2012
Private equity firm Starwood Energy has launched a second energy infrastructure fund with ambitions to raise up to $1bn, set to be its biggest ever capital pool.
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20 December 2012
Solar company 8minuteenergy Renewables has appointed Sam Couchman as its new director of community relations.
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20 December 2012
JinkoSolar has signed a strategic agreement with state-backed Jinchuan to invest in and develop a 200MW solar power plant in Gansu Province, China.
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20 December 2012
A scheme set up in the province of Ontario that pays green power companies more for their power if they use locally-sourced technology breaks international trade rules, the World Trade Organization found.
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