energy efficiency
18 May 2012
UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey has stressed that the country’s economy must not become ‘hostage’ to rising energy prices, adding that a change in climate policy could halve the negative impacts of an energy price shock.
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18 May 2012
The first meeting of the Green Climate Fund board has been postponed, pending finalisation of the process for nominations from countries to the membership of the board, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has said.
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17 May 2012
Dow Electronic Materials, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company, has expanded its LED technologies portfolio by making a bolt-on acquisition of US-based Lightscape Materials for an undisclosed amount.
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17 May 2012
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the Silicon Vallley energy investor, has made an undisclosed investment into US distributed energy business Gen110.
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17 May 2012
US metering specialist Cyan Holdings has won its largest ever order with a $1m deal from an unnamed business in India.
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17 May 2012
Rich countries must do more in providing equity finance and technology to the developing world, it has been stated at the UNFCCC conference in Bonn.
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17 May 2012
German Chancellor, Angel Merkel, has fired her environment minister after he led her party to a regional election defeat.
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16 May 2012
The uptick in price volatility of the world’s major resources creates opportunity to invest in alternatives to traditional resources and in technologies that maximise the potential of those we are extracting, an industry expert has said.
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16 May 2012
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised $339m from its second sale of Clean Energy Bonds to Japanese retail investors.
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16 May 2012
US smart grid specialist Ambient has been selected to take part in a UK project as part of the Low Carbon Network Fund programme.
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16 May 2012
A smart grid specialist based in Colorado has begun fundraising towards a $2m investment round, and already has $510,000 of commitments.
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16 May 2012
UK environmental infrastructure investor Impax Asset Management has recorded a first half revenue of £9.2m, slightly down on the £9.9m achieved in the same period last year.
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16 May 2012
A failure of the UK government to push forward low carbon growth is undermining the potential for green exports by the country’s technology companies.
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15 May 2012
The latest round of United Nations climate talks in Bonn, Germany, have commenced with acknowledgement that pledges made at the 2011 event in Durban did not go far enough.
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15 May 2012
UK Green Party leader Caroline Lucas has announced that she will not be seeking re-election in September, saying ‘it’s time to make space’ for other candidates.
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15 May 2012
An energy management analytics company based in California, US has raised more than $1m towards its latest financing round with commitments of $183,000 still to secure.
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15 May 2012
Swedish green telecoms business Flexenclosure has strengthened its management team with several new appointments.
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15 May 2012
French utility EDF joined forces with Idinvest Partners to launch Electranova Capital, an investment fund for energy start-ups specialising in environmentally-friendly technologies. It told NewNet it hopes to reach up to €90m before the end of the year.
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15 May 2012
Energy savings company Pepco Energy Services has partnered with Delaware Technical Community College to launch a $7m comprehensive energy efficiency project aimed at impacting 19 buildings around the college.
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14 May 2012
UK Business Minister Mark Prisk is expected to announce that the Green Construction Board has secured £1m to boost its operations.
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