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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
The investment opportunities in the offshore wind sector are ‘immense’ even though utility balance sheets and state lending organisations are not providing enough funding for European targets to be met, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s.
The most active investors in the cleantech, renewable energy and sustainability sectors share their views on the market at the fourth annual LP-GP Forum: Clean Energy & Sustainability.
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The question of which energy technologies generate the most greenhouse-gas emissions — cradle to grave — now has a more precise answer, thanks to a meta-analysis of life cycle assessment studies done by the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 
As a small, maritime trading nation Britain has always been quite a way away from key international markets. Our ability to visit far off places and people, and their access to us, has always been at the very heart of the UK’s ability to ‘punch above our weight in the world’, whether that’s commercially, culturally or diplomatically, writes Ben Caldecott, head of European policy at investment firm Climate Change Capital. 
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. 
The use of coal in the US dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade in 2011, including falling below 40 per cent of power generation in the last two months of the year, which is the smallest proportion since 1978. 
A US-based company specialised in capturing emissions from power plants is partly through a fundraising round and is looking to raise a further $1.9m to hit its $3m target. 
Edward Davey, UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary, has warned that tough fiscal conditions are leading to a slowdown in growth concerning green investment and argued everyone needs to make an effort to insure clean energy soars. 
Japanese electronics giant Mitsubishi has unveiled its Seventh Environmental Plan, a three-year strategy to make the company more sustainable. 
The International Energy Agency has laid down suggestions for policies that will catalyse the commercialisation of carbon capture and storage technology. 
The Department of Energy and Climate Change reports that UK carbon emissions have fallen to their lowest levels since records began over 40 years ago. 
Coal plants will no longer be able to be built in the US without costly special equipment to lower their carbon dioxide emissions, under new proposals by the country’s Environmental Protection Agency. 
UK government plans to force companies to declare the scale of their emissions have been put on hold and could be abolished, Environment Minister Caroline Spelman is due to tell Parliament this week. 
US utility FirstEnergy will close three coal-fired power plants in West Virginia due to the recently finalised US Environmental Protection Agency Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. 
New statistics have revealed that UK greenhouse gas emissions covered by the Kyoto protocol were estimated to be 590.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2010, 3.1 per cent higher than 2009 when the figure was 572.5 million tonnes. 
Global private equity firm Carlyle has bought The Sniffers, a Belgian provider of emission monitoring and related services, from majority owner Creafund. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. 
The International Energy Agency has said more needs to be done in order to halve carbon dioxide emissions from new cars by 2030, a goal set by the Green Fuel Economy Initiative. 
The UK could be the first country to give customers the facility to choose their airline based on emissions and other environmental factors. 
The European Environment Agency has released a report on transport emissions with a roadmap listing suggestions for a set of quantitative targets for vehicle emissions.
The push back against Europe’s plans to charge airlines for their carbon emissions has gained strength with a number of countries outside the European Union calling for a change to the plans. 
