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7 May 2013
Canada has lost a World Trade Organization appeal over incentives offered to local renewable energy companies in the province of Ontario.
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7 May 2013
Embattled Indian solar group Suzlon will look to sell off 15 non-core assets to raise $400m in an on-going effort to cut its debt.
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7 May 2013
The European Investment Bank has loaned €55m to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal to finance the construction and operation of the Tanahu Hydropower plant.
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7 May 2013
North American solar developer Main Street Power Company has secured additional commitments towards a $5m equity round it began raising last April.
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7 May 2013
Spanish turbine manufacturer Gamesa has sold a 70MW development in Mexico to utility Iberdrola.
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7 May 2013
Scotland has approved a proposal by South Korean conglomerate Samsung to build a 7MW offshore wind test site at the Fife Energy Park in Methil.
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7 May 2013
Environmental investor Mandarin Capital has hired German buyout industry veteran Markus Solibieda to head its new office in the country as it looks to expand out its existing Chinese and Italian operations.
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7 May 2013
Nordic venture capital firm and Spotify-backer Creandum has closed its third fund on €135m, making it one of the biggest venture funds in the region today, and told NewNet that it will focus on technology investments with a green edge.
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7 May 2013
Canadian venture firm MaRS Cleantech Fund has invested in energy storage innovator Hydrostor, which converts surplus electrical energy to underwater compressed air and stores it for use at peak times.
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7 May 2013
Chicago, Illinois-based renewable energy group Vieste Energy has selected Abengoa to build a $110m waste-to-energy plant in Arizona.
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7 May 2013
A Kuwaiti development fund has awarded grants of $215m to Jordan for it to develop wind and liquefied natural gas projects.
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7 May 2013
General Electric said its wind business saw orders of 1GW following the ruling of the production tax credit at the start of the year.
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7 May 2013
Asia-focused private equity firm CLSA Capital Partners has agreed to invest INR539m ($10m) in Indian agricultural technology company Camson Bio Technologies.
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7 May 2013
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Sinopec Engineering, the construction arm of the Asian oil giant, will aim to raise $2.24bn in an initial public offering in Hong Kong, in what could be the largest share offering so far in 2013.
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7 May 2013
First Solar’s sunny outlook saw the company predict a better second half to the year as it looks to acquire new solar plants and fill up its project pipeline.
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7 May 2013
Gabriel Alonso, chair of the American Wind Energy Assocation said the US wind market must not fall into a ‘boom and bust’ industry brought about by uncertain policy regimes.
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7 May 2013
Canadian solar company Pure Energies Group has closed $6m in equity financing from venture investors NGEN and NEA.
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7 May 2013
Scotland has signed an agreement with South Korea to increase trade links between the two countries for the tidal energy market.
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7 May 2013
Energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital has invested $75m in a 1GW portfolio of Australian wind power projects currently under development.
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7 May 2013
Cleantech-focused Russian venture capital firm Bright Capital is on the verge of closing $200m for its two funds.
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