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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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Boston-headquartered Eastern Bank is making moves to protect the environment by making 100 percent of its energy use ‘green’. 
Growth capital investor SJF Ventures has launched an impact investment fund to invest in cleantech companies as part of a $1.5bn drive to stimulate high-growth small businesses. 
US-headquartered Molycorp has signed a $1.3bn deal to buy rare earth specialist Neo Material Technologies. 
Governor Pat Quinn has shown support for wind turbine manufacturing by announcing an agreement between Rock Island Clean Line and Flora for a transmission line critical for the adoption of renewable energy. 
Senior research analyst Michael Legg has joined Roth Capital Partners to focus on environmental technologies, industrial resources and materials coverage. 
Canadian Solar has reported that its diluted loss per share almost doubled over the course of 2011. 
Spanish-based wind company Gamesa has hired David Flitterman to head its North American business. 
PsomasFMG and NRGSolar, part of NRG Energy, have unveiled plans to jointly develop an initial portfolio of solar projects totalling over 11MW in the US state of California. 
Solar companies Abengoa, BrightSource Energy, and Torresol Energy have formation a new organisation, the Concentrating Solar Power Alliance, aimed at lobbying government and pushing forward the industry. 
Biofuels specialist FuturaGene has appointed Mark Elles as the manager for grants and alliances. 
Solar company Salamon Group has signed an agreement with Sunlogics’ shareholder Millennium to buy an additional ten per cent of the common equity of Sunlogics. 
Unity Electric has selected Satcon Technology to supply 16MW of its PowerGate Plus solutions to power a solar farm in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. 
Iberdrola has completed construction of its Blue Creek wind farm in the US. 
Japanese group Itochu has bought shares in bioenergy company ZeaChem. 
A $150m funding opportunity has been launched in the US to developers of transformational energy technologies as President Barack Obama works towards his ‘all-of-the-above’ approach to solving the country’s energy challenges. 
The level of oil imports in 2011 were at their lowest in more than a decade, raising hopes for energy independence and more widespread use of renewable energy. 
The SunShot initiative in the US aims to reduce the cost of solar by 75 per cent, and a new study has found that if this is met photovoltaics could meet 14 per cent of US electricity needs by 2030. 
A US biofuel company, backed by an Israeli investment firm, is reportedly looking to take to the public markets to secure capital to expand its production capacity. 
With the US presidential elections on the horizon, issues surrounding energy are moving up the campaign agenda and cleantech stocks seem to be creeping up slowing as well. 
