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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
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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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Officials from major energy companies will be called to give evidence to a committee of MPs, after concerns were raised surrounding the UK’s future in nuclear power. 
Germany’s energy market will see dramatic changes during the next few years with its nuclear energy capacity halved and renewable energy accounting for 36 per cent of electricity generated by 2020. 
A Japanese asset manager is reportedly setting up a renewable energy infrastructure find as it expects growing demand for clean power in the country. 
Many countries are seeking to move in a greener direction for their energy needs and incorporate more renewable energy sources into their energy portfolio. But with countries such as Germany turning away from nuclear, there is now a ticking clock counting down efforts to deploy critical clean technologies, writes digital prototyping specialist Autodesk. 
The UK government’s plans to fast-track the development of a number of nuclear plants may prove too expensive and they go against progress made by the renewable energy sector as well current world opinion about the safety of the technology, writes Lee Summers, director of EOS Energy. 
German utility Eon has described Germany’s decision to close its nuclear reactors in favour of renewable power a ‘huge opportunity’. 
Italy this week rejected Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s plan to build new nuclear reactors in a momentous referendum, also voting out a law protecting him from being trialled over alleged sex cases. 
Shares in Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company fell sharply overnight after its president said it should be allowed to go bankrupt.
US-based NRG Energy said its first quarter revenues took a hit after it took the decision to loose $481m and discontinue plans to invest in nuclear after the Japanese disaster, but that the solar projects were continuing apace.
Électricité de France (EDF), one of the world’s largest utilities, has launched a bid to buy out the 50 per cent stake it does not own in its renewables subsidiary EDF Energies Nouvelles. 
The UK government has stalled in taking a hard-lined direction for the future of nuclear power in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear fallout, facing criticism for not backing up its power plans with sufficient renewable energy financing. 
Levels of the six most potent greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol rose in 2010 across the UK by 2.8 per cent as the country switched its dependence on nuclear energy, but turned to coal and gas installations.
The nuclear accident triggered by last week’s earthquake in Japan will have a lasting impact on the world’s energy mix, Christiana Figueres, the UN’s top climate official, has said. 
The development of offshore wind and nuclear in the UK should not be given preference to the detriment of the fledgling wave and tidal energy sectors, an industry expert told NewNet.
The German government’s decision to prolong the lifetimes of nuclear power stations has put investment into its renewable energy industry in jeopardy, the country’s energy business lobby group said today. 
