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16 April 2013
General Electric has partnered with New York start-up Quirky to take a crowdsourcing approach to help it develop new projects via the so-called Internet of Things.
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16 April 2013
Cost management consultancy UtilityWise has acquired water specialist Aqua Veritas after recording a gross profit rise of 34 per cent for the six months to the end of January.
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16 April 2013
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending $200m in loans to the Dynagreen Environmental Protection Group Company to help Chinese cities turn waste into energy.
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16 April 2013
Rajasthan in north-west India has begun a reverse-bidding process for 300MW of wind power.
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15 April 2013
Sweetwater Energy, a New York-based cellulosic sugar producer, will provide Naturally Scientific with customised industrial sugars over the course of 15 years in a deal valued at $250m.
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15 April 2013
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Ming Yang has sold all of its shares in Huadian Fuxin for approximately $35.5m, representing a $5.5m growth on the $30m originally paid for the shares at Huadian Fuxin’s IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange last June.
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15 April 2013
Nasdaq-listed PowerSecure International has acquired Solais Lighting, a private company based in Connecticut which has a proprietary portfolio of LED lamps.
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15 April 2013
US green chemicals business Taminco has filed the fourth amendment to its S-1 filing with regulators this month as it readies to go public with hopes to raise $300m.
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15 April 2013
Ceramic Fuel Cells CEO Bob Kennett told NewNet that talks to secure funding from investors are near completion with the close of a deal ‘imminent’.
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15 April 2013
The European Commission has launched a new three-year project to support the development of bio-based technologies in North West Europe.
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15 April 2013
Second generation biofuels technology developer TMO Rewnewables, in a joint venture with Usina Santa Maria (USM), is to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste to cellulosic bioethanol.
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15 April 2013
Siemens Smart Grid Division and Teradata are partnering to allow utilities using Siemens Smart Grid to have a higher level of transparency on the status and activities in their networks.
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15 April 2013
Admirals Bank, a US regional bank based in Boston, Massachusetts, has launched a division dedicated to financing residential solar and renewable energy systems.
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15 April 2013
Raiffeisenbank has signed a second line of credit for €7.5m under the Bulgarian Programme for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, allowing its local arm to expand financing for sustainable energy investment by private companies in the country.
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15 April 2013
Pan-African private equity firm Emerging Capital Partners’s portfolio company Finagestion has won a three-year technical services contract with Régie de distribution d'eau, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s water distribution company.
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15 April 2013
The US Embassy in Tokyo has selected ABC Solar Japan and US supplier Suniva to deploy panels on its Central Tokyo complex.
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15 April 2013
The European Investment Bank is evaluating the loan of €150m to three Turkish banks with a proven track record in energy efficiency projects.
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12 April 2013
A flurry of movement in the bioenergy industry saw a number of companies launch joint ventures, agreements, IPOs, and more this week particularly in Europe.
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12 April 2013
Aspen Aerogels, which develops energy efficient aerogel insulation, has revealed details of a $22.5m round for which it has so far raised $12m.
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12 April 2013
Large format LED developer NanoLumens is nearing the halfway point of a $5.85m equity round.
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