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Battery technology developer eyes strategic investors - 25 May 2012
Marine energy specialist aims to attract Series A investors - 25 May 2012
Israeli wind innovator needs seed financing to move out of lab - 24 May 2012 Chinese small-scale turbine producer reaches out to potential distribution partners - 25 May 2012
New funds to source multiple early stage investee companies - 25 May 2012
Energy efficient technology provider edges towards financing close - 25 May 2012
Battery technology developer eyes strategic investors - 25 May 2012Marine energy specialist aims to attract Series A investors - 25 May 2012Israeli wind innovator needs seed financing to move out of lab - 24 May 2012Energy savings company may raise cash for M&A activity - 24 May 2012US energy storage company talks of future funding plans - 23 May 2012
Application developer for the solar industry outlines future financial plans - 23 May 2012 Chinese small-scale turbine producer reaches out to potential distribution partners - 25 May 2012
New funds to source multiple early stage investee companies - 25 May 2012
Energy efficient technology provider edges towards financing close - 25 May 2012
US energy storage company nears halve way point for $20m financing round - 25 May 2012
Serbian businesses to benefit from new energy efficiency funding scheme - 24 May 2012
Bahrain poised to attract $20bn in energy investments - 24 May 2012
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The UK’s opposing Labour Party told NewNet that nothing in the government’s announcement today detailing how it will impose incremental cuts to the solar feed-in tariff will provide comfort to the industry. 
The UK said it would try and make the solar feed-in tariff more predictable and sustainable as it reduces the rate to £0.16 per kWh from 1 August. 
The UK’s Aberdeen City and Shire has doubled its biomass capacity over the last two years to around 20MW of heat generation. 
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to renewable energy and called for a transfer of skills from the oil and gas industry to the low carbon sector. 
RenewablesCareers.com has reported a significant rise in demand for green jobs after seeing seen a 55 per cent year-on-year rise in visits to its site. 
The UK government has published its draft energy bill, outlining plans to attract £110bn investment to reform the electricity market and has met opposition along the way. 
Energy efficiency measures being introduced by the government may lead to rising energy prices in the UK and leave 65 per cent of households worse off, according to a new report. 
South African businesses need to start paying attention to the potential of green growth or fall victim to a ‘negative bottom line impact’, experts warned this week. 
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. 
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. 
The US Department of Commerce has issued anti-dumping duties of 31 per cent on imports of solar cells and panels from the major Chinese manufacturers Suntech and Trina Solar, as well as their peers, on the back of a major surge of equipment into the country. 
UK Energy Minister Greg Barker has hinted that his department will be pushing back the proposed reduction date for solar feed-in tariffs. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
The UK Treasury is set to see a £13bn shortfall in motoring taxes at the end of the next decade due to a rise in the adoption of greener cars. 
UK Business Minister Mark Prisk is expected to announce that the Green Construction Board has secured £1m to boost its operations. 
An initial reluctance by the venture capital industry to invest in renewables has now been overcome, with investment flowing into Ontario’s green power activities, a member of the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation told NewNet. 
Europe must seize the opportunity of improving its quality of life while adapting to climate change, according to the European Environment Agency. 
