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Nigerian solar-powered race organiser seeks funding partners - 22 May 2013
UK start-up sets July deadline to raise equity for emerging market green activities - 11 May 2013US solar innovator needs bridge loan for local, Chinese projects - 30 Apr 2013
Geothermal innovator reveals equity needs for Californian project - 22 Apr 2013
Developer of Portuguese Eco Centre requires up to €5m - 16 Apr 2013
Hannon Armstrong has cash to spend after IPO - 24 May 2013
Ohio launches energy efficiency fund - 24 May 2013
European tidal developer reveals fundraising plans - 24 May 2013
Dutch investor BVP Investments sees ‘strong interest’ in wind bond - 24 May 2013
US private equity firm on brink of closing North America fund - 24 May 2013
Nigerian solar-powered race organiser seeks funding partners - 22 May 2013UK start-up sets July deadline to raise equity for emerging market green activities - 11 May 2013US solar innovator needs bridge loan for local, Chinese projects - 30 Apr 2013Geothermal innovator reveals equity needs for Californian project - 22 Apr 2013Developer of Portuguese Eco Centre requires up to €5m - 16 Apr 2013UK innovator commercialising transport sharing solution has cash need - 8 Apr 2013Energy efficient engine developer needs cash to enter proving lab - 2 Apr 2013
Waste-to-oil technology developer seeks partnerships - 27 Mar 2013Tidal energy specialist to raise £5m to accelerate growth - 25 Mar 2013Australian water treatment company seeks partnerships - 20 Mar 2013 Hannon Armstrong has cash to spend after IPO - 24 May 2013
Ohio launches energy efficiency fund - 24 May 2013
European tidal developer reveals fundraising plans - 24 May 2013
Dutch investor BVP Investments sees ‘strong interest’ in wind bond - 24 May 2013
US private equity firm on brink of closing North America fund - 24 May 2013
Big data investor seeks additional fund commitments - 22 May 2013
Scotland details support for wave energy with £18m fund - 22 May 2013
Falck Renewables to sell minority stakes in UK wind projects - 22 May 2013
US DOE seeks feedback on fuel cell technologies - 22 May 2013
European investors seek commitments for listed solar fund - 22 May 2013
The most active investors in cleantech, renewables & sustainability discuss where the best opportunities lie in 2013
A critical report by the Committee on Climate Change has concluded that the current high degree of uncertainty about development of the power system beyond 2020 threatens fundamentally to undermine the EMR.
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Opportunities within an increasingly global market, coupled with the emergence of favourable regulatory environments, has seen lending to renewable energy projects come to be viewed as an integral business line for banks such as Société Générale. 
A major US wind developer has said it will cancel its plans as it can not find an investment partner. 
Power generation business NRG Energy has put on hold its development work in offshore wind in a major setback to getting any development in the space in the US off the ground. 
There remains disconnect in the offshore wind space with developers arguing that banks and project financiers need to understand offshore wind better, while the money men promote that developers need to assess their projects more accurately. 
GE and Göteborg Energi have begun installing the first 4.1MW offshore wind turbine in Gothenburg Harbour in Sweden. 
The Crown Estate has welcomed the news from the Department of Energy and Climate Change that it has granted planning consent for the Westermost Rough, Round 2 off the Yorkshire coast in the UK. 
The German government has increased its infrastructure budget as it looks to develop its ports for what it predicts will be a massive explosion in the offshore wind sector. 
The UK government has called on institutional investors to join the country's 'renewable energy revolution' and invest in offshore wind. 
Europe’s offshore wind industry will employ 169,000 people by 2020, according to a new report from the European Wind Energy Association, with this figure rising sharply in the following ten years. 
Offshore wind developers are set to benefit from new opportunities as the Scottish government unveils its latest set of possible development sites. 
European offshore wind capacity is set to increase 17-fold before 2020 with other technologies also seeing sharp ramp-ups in their deployment, according to a study by the European Environmental Agency. 
Germany-headquartered electronics giant Siemens has unveiled a 6MW wind turbine for the offshore market. 
Japanese electronics giant Mitsubishi has unveiled that it is developing an offshore wind turbine with a minimum generating capacity of 7MW. 
Belfast Harbour has selected construction company Farrans to build a new £50m terminal for the assembly of offshore wind turbines. 
Vestas has signed a lease agreement with Lindø Industrial Park in Denmark for the production of its mega 7MW offshore turbines. 
The huge cost of offshore wind projects is threatening to stagnate the sector when it is just taking off, but creating an innovative approach to installation may provide the key to lowering capital requirements in the short term. 
The offshore wind sector is unlikely to see a short-term reduction in costs, according to the latest analysis from a marine energy consultancy. 
The future development of offshore wind projects around the UK and North Sea will be dependent on two things; the cost coming down to a manageable level and a forward-thinking approach to transmission. 
UK offshore wind and marine power specialist Trident Energy has entered into a collaboration agreement with electrical engineering research company RenewNet to encourage knowledge transfer between universities and the cleantch sector. 
