2011 - the Year of the Green IPO?

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The clean tech IPO window has been tight shut for several years - Danny Bradbury casts an eye over those firms that could break it wide open again

The past 12 months has seen some successful IPOs from across the clean tech sector, including electric vehicle firm Tesla and biotech fuels company Amyris. But it has also seen some duffers, such as Solyndra's...

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