biomass/biofuel
25 March 2010
China has taken the top spot as the country with the highest level of investment in clean energy industries overtaking the US for the first time, according to a report by the Pew Charitable Trust.
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15 March 2010
The European Union said that it is on track to meet its commitment for 20 per cent of power production met by renewable resources by 2020. The EU is on course to surpass the target set out in the Renewable Energy Directive by 0.3 per cent, according to a recent forecast.
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9 March 2010
An initial public offering (IPO) is a feasible exit for at least one investment held by European venture capital and private equity investors in the clean technology space during this year or next, according to a new survey.
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5 March 2010
After a somewhat weak start to the new calendar year, the value of private equity investment in cleantech companies surged by 133 per cent in February to $547m from $235m in January 2010 and significantly improved year-on-year to stand more than three times higher than the $149m recorded in February 2009, according to a report from ZEPHYR and Bureau van Dijk, compiled exclusively for NewNet.
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1 March 2010
The global pulp and paper industry has witnessed a rapid worldwide expansion in the use of biomass for its energy generation, according to a report by forest industry consultancy Wood Resources International.
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25 February 2010
Renewable energy sources remain a strong focus of European governments with a variety of incentive schemes being deployed, according to a new study by commercial law firm CMS Hasche Sigle.
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16 February 2010
The EU is on track to meet its 20 per cent renewable energy target by 2020 and slightly exceed it, according to an analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
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5 February 2010
There was limited private equity investment in cleantech companies in January, with just 14 deals worth $163m, which represented a month-on-month decline of 82 per cent from $919m in December 2009, according to ZEPHYR and Bureau van Dijk, exclusively for NewNet.
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14 January 2010
The next ten years will be characterised by a race by individual countries to drive greater industrial efficiency and diversify energy sources, as economies move away from a dependence on fossil fuels, according to natural capital asset manager Beetle Capital Partners.
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11 January 2010
Private equity and venture capital investment in the cleantech industry fell away in 2009 and as bidders struggled to secure financing, strong gains made in 2008 were almost reversed, according to this monthly cleantech report prepared by ZEPHYR and Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing exclusively for NewNet.
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2 December 2009
European biofuels policy, once motivated by environmental concerns and the desire to shift away from fossil fuels, has become an industrial policy using various measures to protect domestic producers from foreign competition. If the Renewable Energy Directive is implemented in the way the legislation has proposed, the EU is likely to run afoul of its obligations in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to a new study of the European Union's biofuels policy by economist Fredrik Erixon.
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