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The cost of environmental impacts on business operations are doubling every 14 years, according to a report that stresses stakeholders should act now. 
The value of private equity investment in the cleantech sector has continued to see-saw in the last couple of months, and January's activity continued this trend, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet. 
More than 41GW of wind power was installed around the world in 2011, with China leading the way, according to figures released by the Global Wind Energy Council. 
Putting a tariff on Chinese imports of solar cells and modules into the US would result in the loss of 50,000 American jobs over the next three years, a new analysis has found. 
The vast majority of energy and natural resource executives believe that a post-2012 Kyoto agreement will fail, according to a new report. 
The value of private equity, venture and development capital investment in global cleantech companies increased for the second consecutive year in 2011, reaching $9.70bn. However, growth since 2009 has been slow, averaging at less than three per cent over two years, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet. 
Renewable energy technologies are neither economically competitive or easily capable of providing the necessary level of energy security needed by a developed society, a major report has warned. 
Improving the energy efficiency of homes - and the appliances within them - does not necessarily reduce their overall energy consumption, according to a new report. 
Sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) themes are becoming increasingly entrenched in alternative asset classes, according to new research. 
Asia has recently emerged as a key centre of demand for environmental goods and services, and has also become home to a large and rapidly growing number of successful companies, according to a new report. 
In 2010, China became the largest wind energy market in the world with an installed capacity of 42GW. 
Global growth of the wind power sector was propped up by China’s large state-owned independent power producers, according to a new report. 
European biofuel trade association ePURE has warned that United Nations recommendations made in preparation for a G20 ministerial meeting tomorrow threaten biofuel subsidies. 
Large and publicly traded companies are performing at higher levels when it comes to sustainability and the environment than smaller businesses, due to greater availability of resources and finances to support sustainability programmes, new United Nations (UN) findings have shown. 
China has retained the top position in global advisory group Ernst & Young's attractiveness indices, a position it has held since August 2010, with its highest ever score achieved this quarter.
As the height of the global economic recession passes, the market for and performance of pure play clean technology companies has inflated considerably.
Venture capital backing of the solar sector is returning to pre-recession fervour; with the total solar VC deal value for the opening quarter of 2011 soaring to nearly triple the investment level of the previous segment. 
The balance between renewable power and its transmission needs to be finely tuned but smart grid looks like it may be left behind. If this occurs, the only upside to the recent nuclear disaster taking place in Japan would be lost, writes Allan McHale author of smart grid blog Memoori.
The global wind market is expected to grow at a phenomenal rate in 2011 with more than 40GW of new capacity added during the year, according to a five-year industry forecast by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). 
