Study: $36bn invested in carbon credit projects between 2012 and 2022
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Investment in carbon credit projects has soared in recent years, according to industry-backed research
EBRD invests in Egyptian copper rod manufacturing
Smart Energy International
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Have you read: Siemens to deliver another 175,000 smart meters for Egypt Egypt and Saudi Arabia to connect grid networks for reliability EBRD presence in Egypt The investment for UMC comes amid foreign exchange scarcity in Egypt and rising global commodity prices, including for copper.
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Public Pension Funds Have Lost Billions on Their Fossil Fuel Investments: New Analysis
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 27, 2023
Then they analyzed how the funds would have done over the same time period if the fossil fuel investments had been divested, and their value spread evenly among the remaining holdings. Weber and his colleagues also looked at the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the public equity investments of eight U.S.
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Accelerate at Circularity 20: Fast-Pitch Competition
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
This GreenBiz tradition began in 2012 at its VERGE events, offering a venue where startups make a 2.5-minute Taj Eldridge, senior director of investments at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI). minute pitch of their technology to the audience.
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Confidence is evaporating: How fossil fuel share offerings plummet $123bn since 2012
Business Green
MARCH 30, 2021
Evidence of the growing financial dangers of investing in oil, gas and coal continues to mount, with fresh analysis today showing the value of share offerings in firms involved in fossil fuels plummeted $123bn worldwide over the past decade, lagging far behind the performance of clean energy stocks.
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Monarch Private Capital Backs 300+ MW of Solar Energy Installations
Solar Industry
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Monarch Private Capital , an investment firm that develops, finances and manages a diversified portfolio of projects generating both federal and state tax credits, closed on tax equity investments in four solar energy projects totaling 305 MW in Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. creating nearly 12,000 jobs. creating nearly 12,000 jobs.
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Examining the Limits of ‘Energy Return on Investment’
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 1, 2021
At the heart of this debate is one of the most important physical metrics you’ve never heard of: energy return on investment, or EROI. Hall and others, the basic principle behind EROI, also called energy returned on energy invested, is simple: A source of energy is only useful if you can get more energy out of it than what you put in.
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Accion Venture Lab closes $33 million to invest in inclusive fintech startups
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
4 – Accion was early to “fintech” when it launched its $10 million Venture Lab investing initiative in 2012. ImpactAlpha, Sept. Since then, digital and mobile financial services have exploded, attracting $37 billion in venture capital last year.
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ComEd’s Favorable Regulatory Treatment for Grid Investments Comes Under Fire
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 1, 2020
That’s the charge leveled in a Tuesday report from the Illinois Public Interest Research Group, asking state lawmakers to force the utility to align its capital investments with its customers' interests. billion smart grid investment plan that included a 4.2-million
Samsung SDI begins work on second battery factory in Malaysia
Charged
AUGUST 24, 2022
The company plans to invest 1.7 The company started off with producing braun tubes in its early years before shifting to batteries in 2012.”. The company says the plant, which is located in Seremban, will begin mass production of PRiMX 21700 cylindrical battery cells for power tools, micro-mobility applications and EVs in 2024.
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2020 was a record-setting year for global offshore wind investment
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 1, 2021
Global financial investment for offshore wind capacity set records in 2020, according to new research released last month. Global investment for offshore wind also set new highs last year as investment reached USD 30 billion, surpassing the previous high of USD 22 billion set in 2018.
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University of Manchester to decarbonise its investment portfolio
Business Green
MAY 28, 2020
University claims its plan, which promises to end all investments in fossil fuel companies by 2022 and fully decarbonise its investments by 2038, goes 'further than other fossil fuel divestment programmes'. The policy, it said, goes "further than other fossil fuel divestment programmes".
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Major UK petrol station chain to buy Tesla EV chargers
Charged
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Since installing our first EV charger back in 2012, we have continued to invest in the technology.” “Securing this best-in-class equipment from Tesla marks another milestone for evpoint,” said Zuber Issa, founder and co-CEO of the EG Group. “It
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From desert to race-track: Bridgestone Americas invests $42m to develop desert shrub into rubber alternative
Business Green
AUGUST 31, 2022
Bridgestone has now invested more than $100m in guayule research, as part of its effort to deliver 100 per cent renewable tires by 2050. The company announced that it has made the investment to establish commercial operations to farm the shrub, and has further plans for additional investment and expansion through to 2030.
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First Solar Settles Shareholder Suit for $350M
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 6, 2020
First Solar will pay out $350 million in claims for a class action lawsuit filed in 2012, according to a Monday announcement from the Arizona-based solar panel manufacturer. The 2012 suit alleged that First Solar failed to provide a clear picture of its warranty-related costs “or recklessly disregarded them” in financial filings.
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Former GIB boss Shaun Kingsbury joins The Conduit Investment Advisors as CEO
Business Green
APRIL 28, 2020
Green investment expert tasked with driving development of new impact investment outfit. Former head of the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB), Shaun Kingsbury, is to join The Conduit Investment Advisors as chief executive from this week in a move designed to help the impact investment outfit deliver on its ambitious plans.
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Green Investment Group and Enso Energy team up on 1GW solar-plus-storage pipeline
Business Green
JUNE 28, 2020
Green Investment Group (GIG) and Enso Energy have formed a joint venture to build a 1GW pipeline of battery-backed solar projects across the UK. Edward Northam, head of Green Investment Group Europe, toasted the partnership, which he said would help the UK meet its 2050 net zero emissions ambition.
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Green Investment Group launches offshore wind and energy storage push
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2021
Green Investment Group (GIG) has this week announced two major new moves to bolster its position in both the energy storage and offshore wind markets. Green banking giant announces UK energy storage acquisition and plans for Scottish offshore wind bid.
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Cutting-edge innovation celebrated at Scottish Green Energy Awards
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The Lord Deben, Chair of the Climate Change Committee 2012-2023, gave a keynote address where he highlighted how Scotland’s renewable energy industry is playing a major role in helping the UK reach it’s net-zero targets. A performer at the event.
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Public urged to keep watch for tree pest oak processionary moth
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 16, 2023
A Government programme to manage OPM has been in place since 2012. Over the last five years, £10 million has been invested into oak health, including the management of oak processionary moth, as well as research to develop novel control techniques and new policy responses.
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Endeavor Catalyst raises $134 million for global entrepreneurs
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
ImpactAlpha, September 17 – Global startup network and investor Endeavor launched its Catalyst initiative in 2012 to back high-impact startups and entrepreneurs designing products and services that fill large market gaps.
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More US wind power capacity was installed in 2020 than in any other year
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 4, 2021
GW added in 2012. production tax credit (PTC) at the end of 2020 primarily drove investments in wind turbine capacity that year, just as previous tax credit reductions led to significant wind capacity additions in 2012 and 2019. gigawatts (GW) and surpassing the previous record of 13.2 Source: U.S.
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SK becomes third-largest shareholder of battery company SES
Charged
JUNE 24, 2021
SK has invested an additional $35.9 million investment in 2018, SK now becomes the third-largest shareholder of the battery company. SES, which launched in 2012 as an MIT research lab startup, is headquartered in Singapore, and operates labs and pilot production facilities in Boston and Shanghai. Coupled with its original $26.7
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Israel’s StoreDot secures $60 million for ‘extreme fast charging’ EV batteries
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 5, 2022
ImpactAlpha, January 5 — Tel Aviv-based StoreDot, launched in 2012, set out to prove its Li-ion battery technology can charge a vehicle in. The post Israel’s StoreDot secures $60 million for ‘extreme fast charging’ EV batteries appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
It’s also planning an investment push that will see it fund carbon removal projects at an expected cost of $35 per metric ton in 2025, increasing to $80 per metric ton in 2030 — far higher than the amount companies traditionally pay to purchase carbon offsets on voluntary markets. .
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‘Urgent action’ needed if Scotland’s transport sector is to meet net zero targets, according to new report
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
But significant investment and urgent action is required. However, they believe that the biggest obstacle to change is the issue of identifying where the necessary levels of investment will be coming from. e), representing a 3 per cent rise, and have increased by 9 per cent since 2012.
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Webinar – Results & lessons from Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility, 23 February 2024
ThinkGeoEnergy
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Date: 23 February 2024 Time: 13:00 CET / 15:00 EAT Registration: Register via this link Speaker: Kai Imolauer, Rödl & Partner Kai has been with Rödl & Partner since 2002 and currently leads the energy industry team specializing in investments in the field of renewable energies while also acting as Project Manager for the GRMF.
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GRFM HEAT to award grants to geothermal direct-use projects in East Africa
ThinkGeoEnergy
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
The GRMF is a program that has been set up since 2012 by the African Union to fund, facilitate, and accelerate geothermal development in the East Africa region.
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Future of Carbon Policy Forum – Gov. Inslee to Speak
Low Carbon Prosperity
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Elected in 2012, Jay Inslee is the longest serving governor in the United States. With shared vision, strong collaboration, and smart investments, the power of public-private partnership is moving Washington forward with broad-based benefits. Government agencies are catalyzing market transformations through strategic investments.
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Increasing extreme heat is hurting Kansas farmers’ bottom line
EDF + Business
JANUARY 17, 2024
To provide context, consider this: a temperature rise comparable to the 2012 drought, one of the most significant droughts in recent years, would result in a staggering 105% reduction in net farm income for an average farm in Kansas. For an average farm, this translates to a loss of about $43,000. And it’s not just about immediate losses.
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Turkhan Energy targets 24MW geothermal power plant in Manisa, Türkiye
ThinkGeoEnergy
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Founded in 2012, Turkhan Petrol Madencilik ve Enerji has been active in the iron and steel and mining sectors since its establishment. The latest project by Turkhan Energy adds to a growing list of geothermal investments and exploration works being done in the Manisa Salihli region of Türkiye.
Government’s renewables targets at risk as auction sees no bids for offshore wind??????
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
The low Administrative Strike Price (ASP) 1 of £44 per MWh (in 2012 prices) offered under AR5 was deemed by many to be insufficient to meet the development costs. High inflation, rising capital costs, and increased interest rates left developers fearing they may not get a return on their investments.
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Former YASA CEO Chris Harris appointed as electric aviation developer Evolito CEO
Charged
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Following 15 years of experience building and leading high-tech businesses in the UK, Europe and the US, Dr. Harris joined YASA in 2012. He scaled the company from 20 employees to more than 300, raising significant investment and winning OEM series production contracts from companies including Ferrari.
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Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures Plans New $500M Fund
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 13, 2020
ABU DHABI — Saudi Aramco’s corporate venture capital arm is preparing to launch a new $500 million fund to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions as well as new oil and gas technologies. The Aramco venture fund launched in 2012 with a $500 million budget to invest in startups across the globe.
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Cybersecurity standards to be developed for EU distribution systems
Smart Energy International
DECEMBER 6, 2023
The agreement will also enable ENCS to expand its expert knowledge pool and enlarge the community for trusted information and knowledge sharing.
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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million
GreenBiz
MAY 26, 2020
The lead backer on the latest round is Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, which explicitly embeds sustainability considerations into its investments. There are also two highly recognizable minority "non-participating" investors: pop star Katy Perry and media queen Oprah Winfrey, who previously invested in Apeel in 2019. . "I
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FedEx says it will be carbon-neutral by 2040
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 5, 2021
The company laid out three key areas it will focus on via a $2B investment: vehicle electrification, sustainable energy, and carbon sequestration. Since 2012, the FedEx Fuel Sense and Aircraft Modernization programs have saved a combined 1.43 FedEx Corp. billion gallons of jet fuel and avoided over 13.5 Facilities.
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Catalytic Converter Theft: Explained
Hydrogen Fuel News
APRIL 3, 2024
Taking action to protect your catalytic converter is an investment in both your peace of mind and the broader fight against automotive theft. Catalytic converter theft has increased significantly in some areas, with an estimated 65,000 thefts occurring in California alone in 2021. Article References: Winton R.
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Grid infrastructure must grow rapidly for net zero – IEA
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 13, 2023
Another example is global transformer demands, with additions doubling from an average of 2.4GW/year over 2012 to 2021 to 4.9GW/year in 2022 to 2030. With this, electricity grids represent 30% of power sector investments by 2030 and 45% by 2050. Material needs.
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The long road to recognition
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 12, 2020
Civil engineer and Chartered Water & Environmental Manager Simon Crowther has both personal experience of flooding (as “victim” in 2007), and expertise in tackling it, as director of Flood Protection Solutions , which he founded in 2012. Here, he offers his own thoughts on the sector’s current shape and direction.
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286 Water treatment firm raises £700k to launch new eco-friendly system
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Industrial Phycology (I-Phyc) has secured the funding from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, and the University of Bristol Enterprise Fund, which is managed by Parkwalk. to help develop the technology.
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Can a Novel Zinc Battery Deliver Clean Multiday Backup Power?
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
The startup, founded in 2012, raised a CAD $3.4 million seed round early this year from Chicago’s Energy Foundry, Toronto's MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, the Sustainable Chemistry Alliance and Emeraude Capital. Energy storage has considerable policy and investment momentum behind it as the state looks to solve this issue.
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Bakery giant Bimbo to build 1,000 electric trucks per year
Charged
MARCH 8, 2020
In 2012 we started planning and designing what would be Grupo Bimbo’s first electric vehicle. José María-Aguilar, CEO of Moldex, said Grupo Bimbo has invested $146 million in its electric truck initiative. Energy for the electric distribution trucks will be generated by Grupo Bimbo’s Piedra Larga wind farm in Oaxaca.
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Dominica reiterates financial commitment to transformative geothermal project
ThinkGeoEnergy
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
We have reported extensively on this project since t he initial plans were announced in 2009 and the initial drilling results in 2012. The geothermal project in Roseau Valley, being developed by the Dominica Geothermal Development Company , aims to provide a capacity of 10 MW of geothermal power generation.
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