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Zimbabwean hybrid renewable energy project developer eyes funding - 8 Feb 2012
Finland waste to building materials company requires investment - 8 Feb 2012
Robotic EV charging entrepreneur sets out vision of future - 8 Feb 2012
Chinese deals sought by Middle Eastern investor - 8 Feb 2012
International deals sought by MENA cleantech investor - 8 Feb 2012
Indian finance group to increase investment in renewables - 8 Feb 2012
Zimbabwean hybrid renewable energy project developer eyes funding - 8 Feb 2012Finland waste to building materials company requires investment - 8 Feb 2012Robotic EV charging entrepreneur sets out vision of future - 8 Feb 2012
Innnovative ventilation system developer indicates funding opportunity as policy sparks demand - 8 Feb 2012
Norwegian innovator reveals funding needs for energy storage technology - 7 Feb 2012US train energy storage company requires expansion capital - 7 Feb 2012 Chinese deals sought by Middle Eastern investor - 8 Feb 2012
International deals sought by MENA cleantech investor - 8 Feb 2012
Indian finance group to increase investment in renewables - 8 Feb 2012
Energy distribution innovators to compete for cash pot - 8 Feb 2012
Investor to focus on control-oriented energy investments - 8 Feb 2012
US cleantech start-up reveals capital raise intentions - 8 Feb 2012
More than 41GW of wind power was installed around the world in 2011, with China leading the way, according to figures released by the Global Wind Energy Council.
Industry leaders meet to discuss the key challenges and opportunities across the cleantech, renewable energy and sustainability sectors in 2012 at NewNet's Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit.
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A German asset management company has launched a solar fund and is targeting a final fundraising close of between €250m and €280m. 
The UK’s Autumn Review today has confirmed a £200m incentive for the Green Deal but has missed a major opportunity in centering the country’s economic recovery around sustainable development. 
An infrastructure investment fund manager is reportedly considering the sale of a water and wastewater-focused portfolio company. 
UK architects Foster + Partners, Halcrow and Volterra have launched a proposal for a new infrastructure network throughout the UK combining a renewable energy system, rail, communications and data networks. 
With a growing focus on decentralised energy generation and private power generation in emerging economies, biomass gasification could provide a timely solution to South Africa’s beleaguered energy industry. 
Impax Asset Management has agreed to acquire a 100MW portfolio of operating, ready-to-build and development stage wind farms in France and Poland fromEolia Renovables 
Private equity firm Partners Group has made an investment into Sorgenia France, a platform of onshore wind projects, comprising 153MW of operational assets and 95MW in development. 
The UK needs to invest billions of pounds in its waste infrastructure over the next decade, according to a new parliamentary report. 
The private equity arm of Indian infrastructure giant IDFC has announced a further INR800m ($17.9m) investment in renewable energy company Green Infra, according to news reports. 
Infrastructure India, a closed-end investment company that is incorporated in the Isle of Man, has launched a takeover bid for Indian Energy. 
Portuguese financial institution Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento has been awarded a $50m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank, allowing it to develop infrastructure, renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Latin American and the Caribbean. 
The growing profile and availability of project finance opportunities in the clean energy space offers a compelling prospect to institutional investors interested in building a portfolio of green assets, according to David Scaysbrook, managing director at asset manager Capital Dynamics. 
Launching a fund five days before the collapse of Lehman Brothers could be seen as ill-timed. For many, it would almost certainly lead to a reversal of plans and an end to fundraising activities. For green infrastructure investor BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners and its technical director Peter Dickson, however, focusing its activities on renewable energy proved to be an unexpected redeeming feature. 
Global energy focused private investor First Reserve has closed its energy infrastructure fund at over $1.2bn, following the $9bn close of its buy-out fund First Reserve Fund XII in 2009. 
Private equity investor Partners Group has closed the global infrastructure fund that it launched in 2009, which has invested in Italy-based solar, €500m. 
UK renewable energy companies could find it easier to obtain planning consent for new renewable projects as the result of Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne’s proposals to reform the country’s planning process. 
Renewable energy infrastructure investments by private equity firms have proven resilient during the worst of the economic turmoil, an investor told NewNet.
Global governments need to convert positive political will to binding regulation for the renewable energy industry to finally flourish, according to Shaun Kingsbury, a partner at private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners. 
Developers of solutions for water leakage in distribution systems in both Asia and Europe are increasingly moving towards monitoring technologies and away from traditional piping solutions, according to an industry expert.
Operating at the infrastructure level of renewable energy means that overvaluation of assets is rarely a problem, says Peter Rossbach of Impax New Energy Investors. However, investors who do not fully understand project finance, execution and risks can still trip up. 
