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US Energy storage company talks of future funding plans - 23 May 2012
Application developer for the solar industry outlines future financial plans - 23 May 2012
US biofuel developer seeks $2m in investment - 22 May 2012
Australian government opens door for green business with A$10bn fund - 23 May 2012
UK boosts funding for commercial marine developments - 23 May 2012
Environmental energy prize fund tops $4m in Middle East - 23 May 2012
US Energy storage company talks of future funding plans - 23 May 2012Application developer for the solar industry outlines future financial plans - 23 May 2012US biofuel developer seeks $2m in investment - 22 May 2012Advanced materials developer announces possible fundraising opportunity - 22 May 2012Smart home system developer plans £2m fundraise - 21 May 2012
Italian wind developer to raise between €4m and €5m - 21 May 2012 Australian government opens door for green business with A$10bn fund - 23 May 2012
UK boosts funding for commercial marine developments - 23 May 2012
Environmental energy prize fund tops $4m in Middle East - 23 May 2012
India solar rooftop project up for sale - 23 May 2012
Brazilian bio unit of Louis Dreyfus Commodities files for IPO - 22 May 2012
Chinese solar company undertakes IPO, stocks hold steady - 22 May 2012
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.
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 UK government is set to release a draft of its much-anticipated energy market reform today, with hopes the restructuring will hep attract £110bn of investment into the low carbon economy. 
Photovoltaic panels with a capacity of 29GW were connected to grids around the world last year, according to the latest report from EuroObserv’ER. 
The Green Deal will provide the platform to create long-term employment in the UK, not the boom and bust of the photovoltaic feed-in tariff, according to one company looking to capitalise on the scheme. 
Proposals to cut the UK feed-in tariff for the wind sector risks the same kind of industry backlash that was stirred up in the solar space, according to one expert. 
German photovoltaic company Phoenix Solar has announced difficulties in its restructuring plan, as a result of feed-in tariff changes in key markets. 
The government for the province of Ontario, Canada, told NewNet it is preparing to provide ‘significant’ investment to smart grid infrastructure after cutting its support levels for renewable energy this week. 
The UK Supreme Court has rejected the government’s appeal to bring forward cuts to the feed-in tariff for solar. 
The government of Ontario, Canada, has announced plans to reduce the feed-in tariff for solar energy by more than 20 per cent and for wind by around 15 per cent. 
Falling wholesale prices of solar panels are keeping the returns on UK rooftop installations high despite recent reductions to the feed-in tariff, according to one industry expert. 
UK solar installers are looking to diversify their product offerings in expectation of the Green Deal and following changes to the feed-in tariff, according to one UK expert. 
Cleantech-focused venture capital investors are increasingly putting their money into energy efficiency and alternative process technologies, rather than renewable generation, a group of investors told NewNet. 
Recent reductions to various renewable energy feed-in tariffs in Europe are a demonstration of how well the support mechanism has functioned rather than an indication of their failure, according to infrastructure investors. 
The announcement to reform the UK’s feed-in tariff system has been greeted with mixed reactions from those in the UK cleantech. 
A UK energy bill to be introduced later this year will monetise energy efficiency in the same way the feed-in tariff supports renewable generation, it was revealed by Minister for Energy and Climate Change Greg Barker at a NewNet event. 
The decision at the start of the week by the Spanish government to put a temporary freeze on feed-in tariff support for renewable energy facilities is an obvious concern for any company developing cleantech systems in the country. 
There are still significant market opportunities for European solar companies, but looking for the highest feed-in tariff should not be a prerequisite to their success, according to one expert. 
The Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade has announced the temporary suspension of feed-in tariff support for new cogeneration, renewable energy or waste-to-energy facilities. 
The recent legal battle between the UK government and the solar industry has helped raise awareness of the benefits of solar, but many who have the most to gain are still in dark about its potential, according to one expert. 
The UK Court of Appeal has unanimously thrown out the government’s case to change the feed-in tariff rate for solar retrospectively. 
Germany’s Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen has signalled his intention to accelerate plans of cutting the country’s feed-in tariff for solar more rapidly than previously announced, resulting in mixed fortunes for the country’s renewable stocks. 
