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Infigens 140.7 MW wind farm set to power Kurnell desal plant

Posted by DeshRaj on 16/11/2009

On Wednesday, Infigen Energy will inaugurate the 67-turbine Capital wind farm in Canberra, which will power a desalination plant at Kurnell in Southern Sydney. It will be the largest wind farm in Australia with a capacity of 140.7 megawatts (MW)...

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Clean Tech VC Funding On Rebound, Up 50% Since 2nd Quarter

Posted by Environmental Leader on 06/11/2009

Venture capital funding for the clean tech industry, beleaguered for most of the year, finally rebounded in the third quarter, according to figures from DowJones VentureSource, as analyzed by Ernst & Young LLP.About $965 million in venture capital was committed to clean tech in the third quar ...

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Metal Recyclers Spar Over Ship Recycling Site

Posted by Environmental Leader on 04/11/2009

A proposed California ship recycling venture to revamp nearly 17 acres of waterfront, including two massive historic dry docks, as a ship recycling, repair and building facility, has a “fatally flawed business plan,” according to a competitive metal recycling company also interested i ...

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Investors Pressure GM, Boeing, Deere, Xerox to Quit U.S. Chamber

Posted by Environmental Leader on 14/10/2009

Trying to ramp up pressure on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its position on climate change, an investors group has fired off letters to 14 major U.S. corporations, asking them to publicly distance themselves from the chamber’s positions.Representing $16 billion in assets, the investors g ...

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Goldman Sachs Sells $12M in Carbon Offsets in Largest Such U.S. Deal So Far

Posted by Environmental Leader on 12/10/2009

Goldman Sachs marketed $12 million worth of carbon offsets to CE2 Carbon Capital in what Goldman Sachs is calling the largest publicly announced U.S. offset deal so far, reports Reuters.CE2 Carbon Capital is a U.S. investor and owner of carbon-based assets and commodities.Goldman Sachs sold the o ...

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