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30 April 2013

Masdar’s partnership with UK’s GIB could see £2bn pumped into green infrap

A partnership between Abu Dhabi’s state-backed renewables investment company Masdar and the UK’s Green Investment Bank may result in up to £2bn of investment into the country’s alternative energy schemes.

30 April 2013

Solar glass becomes latest focus in EU-China trade battlep

Illegal Chinese solar dumping will destroy the European solar industry if it is not stopped, industry lobby group EU ProSun told NewNet as the European Commission launches an investigation into complaints of the practice.

30 April 2013

Triodos Bank launches retail SRI funds

Green banking firm Triodos has launched two Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) funds, giving retail investors the opportunity to invest in ethical stocks.

30 April 2013

Update: UAE’s Masdar confirms investment into UK green energy

Abu Dhabi’s state-backed renewable investment company Masdar has confirmed it will invest up to £1bn in alternative energy schemes alongside the Green Investment Bank.

30 April 2013

SolarWorld sees 2012 revenues tank by 42%

SolarWorld’s 2012 revenues dropped by 42 per cent compared to 2011 due to massive price declines and decreasing shipment volumes.

30 April 2013

FF&P Private Equity acquires UK energy efficiency business FIT

UK mid-market private equity firm FF&P Private Equity has backed portfolio company Efficient Energy Management Group in the buy-in management buy-out of specialist energy efficiency business Food Industry Technical.

30 April 2013

UAE set to invest £1bn into UK green energy

Abu Dhabi is in talks with the UK government to invest up to £1bn in alternative energy schemes alongside the state-owned Green Investment Bank.

30 April 2013

Advanced materials business Compositence secures growth capital

Compositence, a European business that specialises in solutions for serial production using carbon and glass fibres, has secured growth capital with early-stage investor Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn as lead investor.

30 April 2013

Gamesa’s back in the black with €7m Q1 profit

Gamesa ended the first quarter of 2013 back in the black with attributable profits of €7m in the first quarter.

29 April 2013

Fundraising underway for Archipelago, Red7Marine green shipping fundp

Archipelago Investment Partners told NewNet a fund launched in partnership with UK engineering group Red7Marine to target opportunities in the offshore marine space will be sub-$100m.

29 April 2013

Good Energy agrees £7.5m credit facility with Lloyds

Good Energy Group, the UK’s only 100 per cent renewable electricity supplier, has agreed a £7.5m revolving credit facility with Lloyds.

29 April 2013

Actis sets $750m target for third energy fund

Emerging markets focused private equity firm Actis is reportedly looking to raise $750m for its third energy fund.

29 April 2013

Stock round-up: London’s listed cleantech businesses fail to excitep

Cleantech IPO activity in the UK remains virtually non-existent but a look at the past-12 month valuations of a number of listed green businesses is enough to put even the bravest of businesses off taking to the public markets.

29 April 2013

Critics fear complexity in UK energy reforms

UK households may have to choose between over 1,000 types of energy bill, despite Prime Minister David Cameron’s promise to remove complexity from gas and electricity marketing.

29 April 2013

German offshore wind farm alpha ventus exceeds output expectations

Alpha ventus, which became Germany’s first offshore wind farm in April 2010, has exceeded output expectations for 2012.

26 April 2013

Neste Oil spends €42m on improving efficiency at Porvoo

Neste Oil will invest €42m on improving energy efficiency and operational reliability at its Porvoo, Sweden refinery.

26 April 2013

Privately-owned German conglomerate seeks long-term renewables investorp

A family-owned diversified cleantech project developer in Germany told NewNet it is reaching out to long-term ethically minded investors to progress its renewable energy ambitions.

26 April 2013

REpower to cut 750 staff in major streamlining

REpower, the German wind turbine arm of Indian group Suzlon, will cut 750 staff as it aims to streamline operations to cut costs by €100m.

25 April 2013

Update: Private sector already biting at Scottish Enterprise deep-water wind fundp

At less than 24-hours old, the private sector is already expressing an interest in matching a £15m Scottish Enterprise fund today to support solutions for the development of offshore wind turbine foundations.

25 April 2013

UK farmers switch on to benefits of solar powerp

The development of solar farms on agricultural land provides stability for farmers whilst also improving the amount of clean energy flowing into the UK grid, says Lightsource Renewable Energy.

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