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Triodos Launches Renewable Energy Fund Focused on Emerging Markets
The new fund will aim to provide senior debt to utility-scale wind, solar and run-of-the-river hydroelectrical projects.
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How Recovery From COVID-19 and Climate Policies Might Affect the Use of “Clean” Cooking Fuels
A group of IIASA researchers shows how recovery from the pandemic and climate mitigation policies might affect access to clean fuels.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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Africa Is the Key To Ending Harmful Use of Polluting Fuels in the Home
In wealthy countries, most people can barely imagine using anything other than electricity or gas to cook in their homes.
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Analysis: Staying True to the Paris Agreement Could Hobble Booming Carbon Offset Market
The booming voluntary market for CO2 emission offsets is facing a hairy double counting issue that could stop further growth in its tracks. Researchers and NGOs propose new ways of letting companies invest in energy and climate projects in the global south – without letting them use carbon credits towards their emission budgets.
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- Energy, Environment
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Tata Power Looking To Raise $500 Million for Renewables Unit in India
Tata Power is in talks with large pension and sovereign asset managers, including Canada Pension Plan Invest Board and Government of Singapore Investment Corp. to raise at least $500 million ahead of a planned initial public offering by its renewable energy unit.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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Green Climate Fund invests US $150 Million in African Development Bank’s Desert to Power initiative
Desert-to-Power is a flagship renewable energy and economic development initiative led by the African Development Bank whose objective is to light up and power the Sahel region.
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US Developer Lands $1.75 Million Deal for Nigerian Mini-Grids
Former start-up Husk, which originally based its business on renewables powered by rice industry waste products, has agreed to develop seven solar-plus-storage mini-grids across rural communities in Nasarawa state.
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World Leaders Pledge $400 Billion to Boost Clean Energy and Renewables
The pledges include projects to expand access to electricity in developing countries and improve energy efficiency.
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- Energy
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