waste management
7 January 2013
European investor WHEB Partners has begun capital raising for a €200m green growth fund, NewNet has learnt, the second vehicle for its current team and the third for the firm.
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7 January 2013
US-based consulting and engineering firm Tetra Tech has acquired solid waste management specialist American Environmental Group.
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4 January 2013
US-based Headworks has promoted Ranjit Nair to vice president of its wastewater screens and screenings handling division.
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4 January 2013
Mixed signals from the UK government are stifling investment and development into the country’s nascent waste-to-energy sector, according to one expert at the forefront of activity.
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2 January 2013
US cleantech company Clean Harbors has completed acquisition of oil recycling specialist Safety-Kleen in a $1.25bn all-cash transaction.
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2 January 2013
US-based wastewater treatment specialist Headworks has won a contract to upgrade a sludge plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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20 December 2012
New York-based private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Dash Multi-Corp, a manufacturer of recycled rubber products and formulated polyurethane, vinyl plastisol and specialty coatings.
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19 December 2012
US waste-to-fuel specialist MagneGas has secured a purchase agreement from Sustainable Green, worth $1m over two years.
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19 December 2012
European private equity firm EQT has acquired a 51 per cent stake in German utility E.ON’s energy-from-waste unit through its second infrastructure fund, with fundraising for it now surpassing the inaugural vehicle.
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18 December 2012
Early stage cleantech investor Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital has seen a 75 per cent increase in the value of its latest fund at a time when its peers are questioning their commitment to the sector, but did say that 2013 will be characterised by limited activity in M&A and a dearth of IPOs.
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18 December 2012
Eco Eridania, an environmental consultancy and waste handler based in the Italian city of Genova, has secured a €14.3m equity investment.
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17 December 2012
Canada’s Plasco Energy Group has announced plans to construct a 150,000 tonne per year waste-to-energy plant in Ottawa, Ontario.
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17 December 2012
US-based CleanWorld has opened an anaerobic digestion plant in south Sacramento, California.
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17 December 2012
Start-up firms and small- to medium-sized enterprises in the UK are set to bid for a £1.1m funding scheme designed to boost innovation across the UK.
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14 December 2012
Fletcher Ray, a UK firm of architects, has received permission to develop £180m of waste-to-energy facilities in Glasgo, Scotland.
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14 December 2012
Austin, Texas-based private investment firm Blue Sage Capital has held a first and final closing of its oversubscribed second fund, Blue Sage Capital II, and will look to build on environmental investments made within its inaugural vehicle.
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12 December 2012
Legislative uncertainty from UK energy regulator Ofgem is holding back the development of anaerobic digestion facilities.
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6 December 2012
US-based Covanta has bought a sustainable waste management plant, the Delaware Valley Recovery Facility, from GE Energy Financial Services for $94m.
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4 December 2012
Eco Plastics has closed a £6m funding round, which the company will use for expansion over the coming year.
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4 December 2012
Following the recently announced €31m investment by Silver Lake Kraftwerk in recycled plastics processing company friedolaTech, original investor WHEB Partners revealed it has banked an impressive return following a two-year holding period.
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