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Chinese solar water heating company Himin Solar has hinted at plans for a 2014 initial public offering, after it failed to follow through with a 2012 listing. 
New legislation in the US state of Colorado has allocated more than $12m to support the growth of the cleantech sector next year, with funding to be rolled out on an ongoing basis after. 
Business management software specialist SAP has increased its commitment to its venture-focused fund of funds to $405m, from an original $155m, to invest in early-stage fund managers and entrepreneurs. 
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will make $1.5bn of fund and direct investments into clean power through a new partnership with Masdar that a spokesperson told NewNet will initially focus on MENA opportunities. 
Seattle, US-based early stage investor Divergent Ventures has doubled the target for its third big data and mobile technology-focused fund to $50m. 
Alberta’s CCEMC will offer up to $50m in funding for projects that can reduce emissions from fossil fuel production and processing. 
Tesla Motors has outlined details of a $830m stock offering with CEO Elon Musk signing up to buy $100m to prepay its outstanding government loan. 
Tata Power is reportedly considering carrying out an initial public offering of its clean energy unit in the next financial year. 
Impax Asset Management is reportedly considering making a number of investments in listed solar companies across the US, China and Europe. 
GCT Semiconductor, a US business that designs 4G mobile semiconductor solutions, has secured almost half the capital being offered in a $65m equity round. 
Wasabi Energy, which is listed in Australia and the UK, will today look to raise $3m (£1.98m) through a rights issue. 
The Canadian province of Québec has laid open a call for tenders for 800MW of wind power capacity. 
An affiliate of private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg is selling its stake in Pike Energy, US-based EPC provider for conventional and renewable energy projects. 
Californian IT investor Scale Venture Partners has closed its fourth fund on $300m and will continue its focus of investing in early-in-revenue technology companies in the cloud, mobile, SaaS and internet sectors. 
The UK’s Energy Technologies Institute is seeking partners to develop a new type of gearbox and engine air charging system for use in heavy duty vehicles (HDV). 
The third stage of South Africa’s renewable energy tender will close on 19 August, the Department of Energy said, as 19 of the projects already part of the procurement programme reach financial close. 
A US-based solar company has passed the halfway point in a seed equity round it opened last month. 
Grotech Ventures, a US-based early stage technology investor that has backed green businesses like Ziptronix and urjarnet, took 20 months to raise its latest fund but ended up closing it at an oversubscribed $225m. 
Montreal-based green chemicals business BioAmber will list on the New York Stock Exchange today with shares opening at a significant discount to what it had hoped to sell at. 
Warburg Pincus has managed to raise one of the largest private equity funds since the financial crisis after receiving strong support from existing LPs, which were attracted by the firm’s track record and its flexible strategy. 
