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The Rules for Early-Stage Cleantech Venture Capital Investment in 2021

GreenTechMedia

Clean technology venture capital investment strategies for the next decade will look much different than those of the past two decades. In the first wave of venture green technology investing, firms sunk billions of dollars into companies whose success depended on replacing entire industrial ecosystems.

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2019 New Investment Spotlight: Wright

Clean Energy Trust

With the rise of India, China, and the Southeast Asia region as increasingly powerful and enticing markets for airlines, the Asia-Pacific region will see some of the highest growth rates of short-haul commercial air traffic across the globe. This post is part of a series on CET’s recent investments. contrail warming.

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Interview – Singapore, Asia’s newest emerging geothermal market

ThinkGeoEnergy

Many people are already familiar with Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, and China as some of the leaders of geothermal development in Asia. These frameworks should aim to create an enabling environment that facilitates investment and incentivizes the exploration and utilisation of geothermal energy in Singapore. and Cai, J.G.

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Revealed: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover

DeSmogBlog

A review of press accounts, financial disclosures, and the companies’ websites shows this support aided these firms’ KFC-linked operations in up to 13 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2011, the IFC lent poultry company Ust-Kamenogorsk Poultry (UKPF) invested $2 million in refurbishing housing for chickens, among other projects.

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The potential of green bonds in emerging markets

Renewable Energy World

Since 2011, annual global energy transition investment (renewable energy, CCS, electrified transport, hydrogen, electrified heat, energy storage) has almost doubled, from $290b to $501b. Clearly the green finance revolution has taken the world by storm, with investment in low-carbon energy remaining robust throughout the pandemic.

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Eastland Group raises capital to support geothermal projects in New Zealand

ThinkGeoEnergy

The company has been operating in New Zealand since 2011 and has delivered several significant projects such as New Zealand’s first megawatt-class green hydrogen production facility, Halcyon Power. This partnership marks an exciting time for our business, shareholder, and stakeholders,” said Matt Tod, Chief Executive of Eastland Group.

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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

Across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, more countries and companies are embracing this high-quality fuel. In Japan, a new green hydrogen plant, one of the world’s largest, just opened near Fukishima — an intentionally symbolic location given the plant’s proximity to the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster. Green hydrogen can do that.