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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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This week has seen encouraging news around the globe with many cleantech companies securing millions in investment as their financing rounds draw to a close 
Implementing small scale energy efficiency measures can be more challenging than rolling out technology on a larger scale and companies within the sector are struggling to understand the needs and demands of homeowners, said energy management company Remake. 
Siemens will recruit 160 new green apprentices to begin work at sites across the UK from September. 
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. 
UK-based green energy company, Greenbuy Energy, is expanding into the agricultural sector securing its first contract to supply a farm with solar energy panels, in Sheffield. 
UK trade union GMB and waste-to-energy company Covanta Energy have signed an agreement to support the development of Convanta’s Ince Park in the north west of England. 
UK-based Dawson Energy, part of the Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth-based 3sun Group, has completed work on Scottish & Southern Energy’s Griffin wind power project in Perthshire, UK leaving it valued at £1.5m. 
German-based solar company Kronos Solar has announced plans to build a £20m solar park in Pembrokeshire, UK. 
The UK’s Aberdeen City and Shire has doubled its biomass capacity over the last two years to around 20MW of heat generation. 
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has collaborated with US company Oregon Wave Energy Trust to deliver a new facility off Pacific Northwest coast, the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Centre (NNMREC). 
An $18m marine energy fund has opened for bids today, aimed at helping Scotland’s first commercial scale wave and tidal power arrays. 
Photovoltaic companies, Solar Frontier, and Belectric have completed and grid connected a 28.8MW CIS thin-film solar power plant in Bochow, Germany. 
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. 
Renewable energy company ThermoEnergy will be deploying its ThermoEnergy Ammonia Recovery Process system to a biogas production plant outside of Amsterdam. 
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. 
With a recent report showing the UK city of Oxford has taken the title of electric vehicle capital of Europe, Ernst & Young’s Lorna Pimlott told NewNet that with government funding coming to an end there will need to be a reassessment on how to make the infrastructure commercially viable. 
Germany-based SAG Solarstrom halted the repurchase programme of its own shares at the end of trading on 18 May 2012. 
Ireland-based Mainstream Renewable Power will create a ‘China strategy unit’ as it looks to capitalise on the country’s green efforts. 
UK-based LED company Low Carbon Lighting (LCL) has received £525,000 ($830,091) in venture capital funding with hopes that it can secure up to £10m ($16m) in annual sales after the boost. 
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. 
