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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 Danish Commission on Climate Change Policy has presented its proposals for a future climate change and energy policy to parliament, which creates a vision of Denmark independent of fossil fuels by 2050. 
Environmental law organisation ClientEarth said the European Commission’s anticipated green light on Spain’s financial support of indigenous coal contravenes European Union (EU) objectives and legislation on the environment and state aid. 
Addressing the over-reliance on fossil fuels in the US will be a top priority in 2011, President Barack Obama has said. 
US President Barack Obama has been urged by 181 Members of the House of Representatives to address China’s unfair trade practices that benefit its green technology manufacturers to the detriment of US competitors. 
The government of Indian state Tamil Nadu plans to introduce subsidies on hybrid solar and wind projects, according to local media. 
Australia’s Labour government has formed a new multi-party Climate Change Committee to help build a consensus on how Australia will tackle climate change and explore options for setting a carbon price, chaired by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. 
Debate surrounding possible budget cuts in public spending is creating uncertainty in the renewable energy industry, according to a group of leading industry participants. 
The UK is committed to attracting international investment into its domestic cleantech sector to meet emissions targets and climate change goals, according to Mark Prisk, Minister for Business and Enterprise. 
US-based trade assocation Growth Energy said it believes the federal government is likely to approve a 15 per cent ethanol blend for use in motor vehicles. 
The UK government should look at the serious criticisms of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change after it presented highly speculative findings with unwarranted certainty, according to Lord Turnbull, the former head of the civil service. 
The US government has awarded more than $5m in funding to support nationwide wind energy development with the aim of doubling US renewable energy generation capacity. 
SunEdison, the solar energy development subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, and the government of Gyeongsangnam-do in the south-east region of South Korea have announced a memorandum of understanding to establish 400MW of solar power plants in the province. 
Meeting the UK’s 2020 renewable energy targets will mean a step-change in the rate of progress, a ramp-up of the pace of investment and entail significant delivery risks, according to a stern letter by the chair of the Committee on Climate Change to Energy Secretary Chris Huhne. 
US trade union United Steelworkers (USW) is to file a case against China for its ‘protectionist and predatory practices’ in the renewable energy sector. 
Climate change policy in the US is stalled and legislation is unlikely to be passed during President Barack Obama’s first term in office, according to Yvo de Boer, the former head of climate change at the United Nations. 
The role of capital markets in tackling climate change is ‘vital’ and has been ignored for too long, according to the UK’s Climate Change Minister Greg Barker, as he launches an initiative to tackle this problem. 
The lack of immediacy in climate change legislation from the US congress may be combated by further greenhouse gas rules from the Environmental Protection Agency, according to reports. 
California’s lawmakers have failed to pass a long debated and far-reaching renewable energy bill that would have seen electricity utilities use clean energy for one third of the power they supply to the US state by 2020. 
A landmark pact between the Australian Greens and Labor Party will see the two parties work together if the country’s hung parliament swings in Labor’s favour. 
The Indian government will allocate solar developers for its National Solar Mission in September, according to local newspaper The Hindu. 
