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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 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
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 2013Geothermal innovator reveals equity needs for Californian project - 22 Apr 2013
Developer 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 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
UK city to be innovation test-bed as European Green Capital for 2015 - 17 Jun 2013
UK competition will see £5m offered for future cities projects - 17 Jun 2013
Energy investor raising major capital pool - 17 Jun 2013
Australia to provide financial support for 150MW of clean power - 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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A strategic alliance has been formed between renewable energy-focused Narec Capital and insurance broker Willis Group in an aim to provide tailored solutions to the market. 
US biotech company OriginOil has partnered with the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory to develop a system for the direct conversion of algae into a crude oil that can be used by existing petroleum refineries. 
Spanish cleantech company Abengoa has been selected by the Brazilian Development Bank and investment agency FINEP to use its technology to produce ethanol from sugarcane biomass. 
The biomass sector has generated a certain amount of controversy due to the perceived impact it is having on food supply, but some companies are proving feedstocks do not have to be grown on a large scale to produce energy. 
Australian algae-based biofuel developer Algae.Tec has expanded its manufacturing centre in Atlanta, Georgia, to accommodate commercial production programmes. 
The Diversified Ethanol Corporation, a subsidiary of US alternative fuels specialist Greenbelt Resources, has been contracted to supply a $20m distillation and dehydration system for a new biorefinery at the University of Florida. 
Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Group, the mezzanine debt arm of global buy-out heavyweight Carlyle, has partnered with New York-listed Science Applications International Corporation to finance the construction of the $225m Plainfield Renewable Energy biomass project. 
The US-based Verso Paper has completed a $45m renewable energy upgrade project at its pulp and paper mill in Quinnesec, Michigan. 
The opportunity to create a biomass supply chain in sub-Saharan Africa is not likely to be exploited for a long time, according to an expert working in the industry. 
US biorefinery developer ZeaChem has opened a new facility in Oregon that produces bio-based chemicals for applications such as paints, lacquers and solvents. 
US diversified scientific company DuPont and bioenergy feedstock specialist NexSteppe have formed a partnership to develop advanced feedstocks for biofuels, biopower and bio-based products. 
DP CleanTech has opened a new office in Copenhagen as part of an effort to meet increasing demand for biomass and waste-to-energy plants in Europe. 
US bioenergy feedstock supplier Chromatin has won a $5.7m contract as part of the US Department of Energy's Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO) initiative. 
German chemical giant BASF's bioenergy subsidiary has invested $30m into Renmatix, a US company that provides cellulosic sugars for the renewable fuels and chemicals markets. 
New figures show that for the first nine months of 2011 the share of power that renewable energy provided increased to 11.95 per cent, up from 10.85 per cent for the same period in 2010. 
US energy efficiency and renewables specialist Ameresco has received a Final Acceptance Certificate from the US Department of Energy for the completion of a $795m biomass cogeneration facility. 
UK utility British Gas has taken full control of biomass heating provider Econergy through the acquisition of the remaining 81 per cent stake. 
Darby Private Equity, the buy-out arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, has announced that its Brazil Mezzanine Infrastructure Fund has invested R$58m ($30m) in Bioenergy Geradora de Energia and R$58m in Produman Engenharia. 
A recent study led by the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) concluded that bioenergy has the potential to produce ten per cent of the UK's demand but an expert has suggested that current incentives are encouraging the wrong type of use for the renewable fuel. 
The cleantech-focused private equity group BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners has completed the purchase of a 40MW straw-fired biomass plant to be constructed in Lincolnshire, North East England. 
