geothermal
9 April 2010
Private equity investment in clean technology companies weakened in March 2010, failing to sustain the significant growth recorded in February 2010 as volume plunged 43 per cent to 13 deals from 23 the previous month and value plummeted 80 per cent to a new year-low of $110m from $559m four weeks earlier.
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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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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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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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22 May 2009
The average Australian household could pay up to 30 per cent more per year by 2025 for electricity generated from coal and nuclear power than from concentrating solar and hot dry rock geothermal power, according to clean energy organisation DESERTEC-Australia.
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