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Kenyan community-scale green innovator needs cash for solar lighting scheme - 14 Jun 2013Financing needed for 5MW solar project in India - 4 Jun 2013
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
US waste-to-energy specialist sources Mid Atlantic deals - 20 Jun 2013
Soitec to launch equity offering to refinance convertible bond - 19 Jun 2013
California green homebuilder City Ventures eyes $150m IPO - 19 Jun 2013
SolarCity plans $175m note offering - 19 Jun 2013
US investor to pump cash into green IT - 18 Jun 2013
Kenyan community-scale green innovator needs cash for solar lighting scheme - 14 Jun 2013Financing needed for 5MW solar project in India - 4 Jun 2013Nigerian 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 2013
Geothermal 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 2013 US waste-to-energy specialist sources Mid Atlantic deals - 20 Jun 2013
Soitec to launch equity offering to refinance convertible bond - 19 Jun 2013
California green homebuilder City Ventures eyes $150m IPO - 19 Jun 2013
SolarCity plans $175m note offering - 19 Jun 2013
US investor to pump cash into green IT - 18 Jun 2013
US organic PV developer aims to attract additional investors - 18 Jun 2013
Indonesia sets up $300m geothermal fund - 18 Jun 2013
Malaysian power and water group Ranhill to IPO this month - 18 Jun 2013
German utility to sell off non-core assets - 18 Jun 2013
Middle Eastern investors to finance green project developments - 17 Jun 2013
The most active investors in cleantech, renewables & sustainability discuss where the best opportunities lie in 2013
Earlier this month, a remote monitoring system in Hawaii recorded the first time in human history that the daily average for carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit over 400 parts per million (ppm). Crossing the 400ppm line is not inherently meaningful, other than reminding us that we are on a path to a place we don’t want to go, writes Daniel Vermeer, executive director of the Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
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Denham Capital’s portfolio company Greenleaf Power has purchased the 19MW Tracy Biomass plant in Tracy, California, from US Renewables Group.
Pacific Green Technologies is to acquire Pacific Green Energy Parks, the sole shareholder of Energy Park Sutton Bridge, which has the rights to develop a 49MWe biomass plant in Lincolnshire, UK. 
UK renewable energy company Estover Energy has announced plans to develop a £65m biomass CHP plant at Sandwich, Kent-based Discovery Park. 
Energy Saving Investments, an Equitix managed fund in which the UK’s Green Investment Bank (GIB) is a cornerstone investor, has participated in a £10m financing deal into biomass heating through sector specialist Roundwood Energy. 
US utility Georgia Power has added 53.5MW in new biomass capacity to its generation portfolio through an agreement with Rollcast Energy. 
The UK’s Renewable Energy Association has hit back against Greenpeace, the RSPB and Friends of the Earth for a joint letter they published in The Times claiming biomass activities were impacting wood products industries and environmental sustainability. 
Pellet Technology USA, which has developed a turnkey solution for the processing of non-food biomass, has raised the majority of a $4.75m equity round. 
Pensions and insurance provider Friends Life has agreed to loan UK power generator Drax £75m to support its plans to convert three generating units from coal to biomass. 
Helius Energy has opened the 8.32MW CoRDe biomass energy plant and animal feed processing unit in Rothes, Speyside, Scotland. 
Versalis and Genomatica have launched a joint venture to produce butadiene from non-food biomass. 
A biomass-focused request for proposals launched by an army unit in Jefferson County, US has been pushed back until later this month. 
Associated British Ports has struck a 15-year wood pellet supply contract with Drax that will see APB invest up to £100m over 15 years into development of its Humber ports to support Drax's transition to biomass. 
SSE has revealed its plans to cease operations of around 2,000MW of thermal generation capacity in 2013/14 due to the early introduction of a Carbon Price Floor at an unexpectedly high level and the move towards full auctioning of carbon dioxide emissions allowances under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. 
The biofuel industry saw a number of deals made this week that will strengthen the industries global presence, particularly in North America. 
Direvo Industrial Biotechnology, a biomass conversion company, has successfully closed a €3.5m financing round to sustain the growth of the company. 
UK biomass developer Kedco said it has received multiple financing proposals for its latest biomass project and has brought on N+1 Singer as its equity adviser. 
Peel Ports Mersey in the UK is looking for a contractor to design and build a £150m biomass storage facility in Liverpool’s docklands. 
A £225m project to convert half of Britain’s largest coal-fired power station into a biomass plant will receive £75m in government support as part of Chancellor George Osborne’s push for infrastructure investment. 
German utility RWE will pull out of oil and gas exploration to cut debt and is now assessing at disposal options for subsidiary RWE Dea. 
Omnes Capital has backed Italian biomass group Futuris with a €4m investment from its Capenergie 2 fund. 
