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Japan bets big on making fuel-cell cars a near-future reality

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 25, 2014

Japan's government and top carmakers, including Toyota Motor Corp, are joining forces to bet big that they can speed up the arrival of the fuel cell era: a still costly and complex technology that uses hydrogen as fuel and could virtually end the problem...

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India's Tata Power eyes more purchases in wind and solar push

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 26, 2013

 India's Tata Power is looking for more acquisitions as part of a $260-million-a-year investment push into renewable energy, following last month's purchase of a wind farm in western Gujarat from AES Corp, a senior official said.

Part of the tea-to-telecoms Tata group...

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Climate-smart farming could help reduce 'emissions gap'

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 18, 2013

Scientists at the U.N. climate talks in Poland have said that expanding the use of climate-smart farming techniques could help reduce the “emissions gap” – the difference between the amount of greenhouse gases the world can emit by 2020 if it wants to avoid dangerous climate...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Reuters

Climate-smart farming could help reduce 'emissions gap'

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 17, 2013

Scientists at the U.N. climate talks in Poland have said that expanding the use of climate-smart farming techniques could help reduce the “emissions gap” – the difference between the amount of greenhouse gases the world can emit by 2020 if it wants to...

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Vinod Khosla's SunBorne Energy raises $5M VC funding

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 25, 2012

Vinod Khosla-backed Sun Borne Energy Holdings LLC has raised $5 million (Rs 28.4 crore) in VC funding as part of its plan to raise $20 million (Rs 113.5 crore) equity funding, according to information from the US Securities and Exchange Commission's Notice of Exempt Offering...

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Energy companies turn to high-yield market to fund shift to oil

By : Anonymous, Apr 13, 2012

Energy and pipeline companies have poured into the high-yield market in 2012, taking advantage of attractive rates as they shift their capital to oil and away from natural gas.
 
A total of $22.7 billion in new energy and pipeline paper has come to market year to...

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Subject Tags: Barclays , Business , oil , Reuters

Brussels says could drop carbon levy on non-EU airspace

By : Anonymous, Mar 29, 2012

The European Union would consider limiting its new aviation carbon levy to its own airspace, but only as part of a global deal on plane emissions, a senior commission official said on Tuesday.

But he said such a scheme would be technically difficult and was unlikely...

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GEF, IFC to invest $11.5m in Kalki Communication

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 28, 2012

 

International Finance Corporation (IFC) and a fund managed by Global Environment Fund (GEF) are looking to invest $4.5 million in energy efficiency firm Kalki Communication Technologies Pvt Ltd. The deal would also include another $7 million investment for the second...

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Vestas surprises with 7 MW offshore wind turbine

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 31, 2011

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas unveiled a new giant 7-megawatt offshore turbine on Wednesday and said it expected it to be in serial production in early 2015.

Vestas, the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturer by market share, had only been expected to...

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Vestas surprises with 7 MW offshore wind turbine

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 31, 2011

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas unveiled a new giant 7-megawatt offshore turbine on Wednesday and said it expected it to be in serial production in early 2015.

Vestas, the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturer by market share, had only been expected to...

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