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Over production in 2011 combined with the widespread cut to subsidies will create fierce difficulties for solar companies in 2012, a report has found. 
A cutback to Germany’s feed-in tariff has resulted in market difficulties across the sector and a new report suggests there may also be a knock-on effect for the energy storage sector. 
The Scottish marine energy sector needs an additional £82m in state investment to fully realise its potential or risk jobs going abroad, according to a new report. 
Europe needs to increase investment into and regulation of the water sector in order to avoid undermining its economy, according to new research. 
Private equity investment in the cleantech sector has taken another dip, although the number of deals done has remained more or less in line with the last six months, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet. 
Cleantech companies trying to access the burgeoning Chinese market face a number of challenges from protecting intellectual property to sourcing local management. 
The scaling of building energy efficiency retrofits to reduce US building consumption by 30 per cent offers a $279bn investment opportunity. 
The largest single area of expenditure that will have to be made in order to produce a truly smart grid will be in automatic demand response on the transmission and distribution network, writes sector specialist Memoori. 
The SunShot initiative in the US aims to reduce the cost of solar by 75 per cent, and a new study has found that if this is met photovoltaics could meet 14 per cent of US electricity needs by 2030. 
While China retained its prominence as the most attractive country for renewables activity a cut to tariffs in Spain caused it to drop out of the top ten list of hot global destinations, according to Ernst & Young. 
Wind output from major power producers was up by 59 per cent in 2011, the latest figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change show. 
Germany’s energy market will see dramatic changes during the next few years with its nuclear energy capacity halved and renewable energy accounting for 36 per cent of electricity generated by 2020. 
The cost of environmental impacts on business operations are doubling every 14 years, according to a report that stresses stakeholders should act now. 
Corporate behaviour is expected to be a crucial factor in the UK achieving emission reduction targets and rising energy prices are also pushing businesses to pay more attention to this area. 
California’s renewable energy efforts over the course of 2011 resulted in the greatest increase in green power since the start of the programme, but the cost of contracted power under the Renewables Portfolio Standard has steadily risen since 2003, new figures show. 
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. 
A major India-based finance house is reportedly planning to double its investment into renewable energy projects over the next year. 
Constant electrical power is absolutely critical to commercial and industrial buildings and now the managers of these facilities are investigating how to make these operations more energy intelligent and efficient, according to sector specialist Memoori. 
The deployment of biofuels across Europe for the transport sector could cost users £2bn extra at the pump, according to new research. 
