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Nigerian solar-powered race organiser seeks funding partners - 22 May 2013
UK start-up sets July deadline to raise equity for emerging market green activities - 11 May 2013US solar innovator needs bridge loan for local, Chinese projects - 30 Apr 2013
Geothermal innovator reveals equity needs for Californian project - 22 Apr 2013
Developer of Portuguese Eco Centre requires up to €5m - 16 Apr 2013
Dutch investor BVP Investments sees ‘strong interest’ in wind bond - 24 May 2013
US private equity firm on brink of closing North America fund - 24 May 2013
Big data investor seeks additional fund commitments - 22 May 2013
Scotland details support for wave energy with £18m fund - 22 May 2013
Falck Renewables to sell minority stakes in UK wind projects - 22 May 2013
Nigerian solar-powered race organiser seeks funding partners - 22 May 2013UK start-up sets July deadline to raise equity for emerging market green activities - 11 May 2013US solar innovator needs bridge loan for local, Chinese projects - 30 Apr 2013Geothermal innovator reveals equity needs for Californian project - 22 Apr 2013Developer of Portuguese Eco Centre requires up to €5m - 16 Apr 2013UK innovator commercialising transport sharing solution has cash need - 8 Apr 2013Energy efficient engine developer needs cash to enter proving lab - 2 Apr 2013
Waste-to-oil technology developer seeks partnerships - 27 Mar 2013Tidal energy specialist to raise £5m to accelerate growth - 25 Mar 2013Australian water treatment company seeks partnerships - 20 Mar 2013 Dutch investor BVP Investments sees ‘strong interest’ in wind bond - 24 May 2013
US private equity firm on brink of closing North America fund - 24 May 2013
Big data investor seeks additional fund commitments - 22 May 2013
Scotland details support for wave energy with £18m fund - 22 May 2013
Falck Renewables to sell minority stakes in UK wind projects - 22 May 2013
US DOE seeks feedback on fuel cell technologies - 22 May 2013
European investors seek commitments for listed solar fund - 22 May 2013
Japan to offer low-interest loans for rooftop solar - 21 May 2013
European marine energy scheme requires project financing - 21 May 2013
Energy-focused corporate VC has $150m annual spend - 21 May 2013
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ABB said it will start producing central inverters in South Africa to support the growing local photovoltaic market and fulfill local content requirements. 
The International Finance Corporation has signed an agreement with Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank (OeEB), the Development Bank of Austria, to increase sustainable energy investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. 
Eskom’s ZAR$2.4BN ($256m) Sere wind farm will begin construction after having received a license from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA). 
Power technology company Intelligent Energy has launched a collaboration with telecommunications company Etisalat Nigeria to test personal energy devices for consumers. 
The first Desertec concept solar power plant, the largest yet to be built in North Africa, has begun construction in Morocco, in a welcome boost to the initiative after a series of setbacks hampered its efforts last year. 
Siemens Energy has been awarded an onshore wind power order for the 100MW Sere plant on the west coast of South Africa. 
Canadian Solar’s partner Romano has won the contract for a solar installation on the headquarters of Eskom, the largest producer of electricity in South Africa. 
Power systems provider S&C Electric will look to South Africa and the Middle East as it aims for 50 per cent growth of its EMEA division in 2013. 
Private equity investment in Africa with a strong commitment to sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices will create both stronger returns for investors and sustainable benefits for the local communities in which these businesses operate, a new report has stressed. 
UK development finance investor CDC Group has signed a $100m risk participation arrangement with Standard Chartered Bank to help increase the availability of trade finance in developing countries. 
ABB has won an order worth around $25m to supply electrical equipment to a 75MW solar plant being developed in the Northern Cape province of South Africa by WBHO. 
Sudan’s biggest sugar producer Kenana will look to raise $200m in an initial public offering in South Africa next year. 
Wasabi Energy, a clean technology company dual listed in Australia and London, said preparations for a listing of its Asian subsidiary are well underway with it about to hit the fundraising trail. 
French solar developer Soitec has closed the sale of its ZAR1bn ($111m) senior unsecured bond for the support of its 44MW solar project in the Western Cape of South Africa. 
Emerging markets focused private equity firm Actis is reportedly looking to raise $750m for its third energy fund. 
Mergence Investment Managers, a South African asset manager told NewNet it is targeting ZAR5bn ($544m) for a renewable energy debt fund that has already attracted commitment from metalworkers’ pension funds. 
South African metalworkers’ pension funds are to plunge ZAR1bn ($109m) into green power projects. 
US-based AAE Systems has won a 150MW geothermal tender in Uganda and will now build a plant in Kasese in the west of the country. 
The solar industry is facing serious issues throughout the world, with bankruptcies occurring at some of the largest Chinese solar firms, European firms reporting losses and divesting assets, and a downsizing of the world’s largest solar project in the US. 
French PV company Soitec Solar’s South African subsidiary has raised ZAR1bn($100m) to finance its Touwsrivier solar project in the country through the sale of listed bonds. 
