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Drax completes acquisition of biomass pellet producer Pinnacle Renewable Energy
Drax completes acquisition of biomass pellet producer Pinnacle Renewable Energy

Deal aims to shore-up Drax's wood pellet supply chain as it sets sights on global biomass and carbon capture growth

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  • 13 April 2021
BlackRock and Temasek announce multi-billion dollar climate tech venture capital push
BlackRock and Temasek announce multi-billion dollar climate tech venture capital push

New Decarbonisation Investment Partnership to be backed by an initial $600m, with a view to raising billions of dollars for late stage venture capital deals

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  • 13 April 2021
Octopus on Octopus: Energy supplier to take on 2.8GW renewable power portfolio
Octopus on Octopus: Energy supplier to take on 2.8GW renewable power portfolio

Octopus Energy to bring retail business and 2.8GW renewables portfolio under single roof as it aims to match supply with generation

  • Energy
  • 26 March 2021
National Grid swoops for Western Power Distribution in £7.8bn deal
National Grid swoops for Western Power Distribution in £7.8bn deal

Deal forms part of 'strategic pivot towards electricity' for National Grid as it also set out plans to explore creating a major UK hydrogen gas network

  • Energy
  • 18 March 2021
RWE takes controlling stake in 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm
RWE takes controlling stake in 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm

German energy giant to finalise transaction that will see it take up E.ON's remaining 20 per cent stake in project off the Sussex coast

  • Wind
  • 15 March 2021
McKinsey looks to boost climate expertise with Vivid Economics and Planetrics acquisitions
McKinsey looks to boost climate expertise with Vivid Economics and Planetrics acquisitions

Consulting giant snaps up leading climate-focused advisors as it moves to beef up its climate risk and net zero transition expertise

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  • 05 March 2021
C-Capture raises £8m to accelerate carbon capture technology development
C-Capture raises £8m to accelerate carbon capture technology development

Funds raised from shareholders such as Drax and BP Ventures will support development of solvent-based CO2 capture technology, according to firm

  • CCS
  • 23 February 2021
BP and Chevron back geothermal pioneer Eavor Technologies in $40m funding round
BP and Chevron back geothermal pioneer Eavor Technologies in $40m funding round

Company hails boost for plans to bring down the cost of clean, dispatchable power to a 'universally competitive level'

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  • 18 February 2021
Pioneering distributed renewables investment platform aims to boost off-grid energy access
Pioneering distributed renewables investment platform aims to boost off-grid energy access

Platform set to launch later this year aims to boost off-grid rural communities' access to private capital

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  • 26 January 2021
Aker Horizons acquires majority stake in Mainstream Renewable Power in €1bn equity deal
Aker Horizons acquires majority stake in Mainstream Renewable Power in €1bn equity deal

Norwegian investor snaps up 75 per cent stake in wind and solar developer providing boost for plans to establish global renewable energy major

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  • 20 January 2021
French central bank vows to cull coal and cap oil and gas investment by 2024
French central bank vows to cull coal and cap oil and gas investment by 2024

Banque de France to axe investment in firms generating more than half of their revenue from gas, 10 per cent from oil, and any revenue from coal by 2024

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  • 19 January 2021
Nuveen agrees to acquire specialist renewables investor Glennmont Partners
Nuveen agrees to acquire specialist renewables investor Glennmont Partners

Trillion-dollar US fund manager to purchase UK clean infrastructure investor in bid to tap 'one of the most dynamic and fastest growing infrastructure sectors'

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  • 19 January 2021
Total to snap up stake in Indian solar giant Adani Green Energy
Total to snap up stake in Indian solar giant Adani Green Energy

Announcement of deal to acquire 20 per cent stake in world's largest solar developer comes just days after oil giant quits American Petroleum Institute over climate policy differences

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  • 18 January 2021
Scaling up sustainable finance: How can investors accelerate the net zero transition?
Scaling up sustainable finance: How can investors accelerate the net zero transition?

As the sustainable finance sector booms, asset managers and owners are under increasing pressure to use their financial clout to steer a greener future

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  • 15 January 2021
Air Protein raises $32m to spur commercialisation of lab-made meat
Air Protein raises $32m to spur commercialisation of lab-made meat

The new funding was led by ADM Ventures, Barclays and GV (formerly Google Ventures)

  • Technology
  • 08 January 2021
BP snaps up majority stake in US forest offset firm Finite Carbon
BP snaps up majority stake in US forest offset firm Finite Carbon

Oil and gas giant ramps up investment in USA's largest carbon offset developer, as it increases focus on natural climate solutions in support of its net zero targets

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  • 16 December 2020
WSP swoops for rival environmental consultancy Golder in $1.1bn deal
WSP swoops for rival environmental consultancy Golder in $1.1bn deal

Major acquisition aims to create 'leading global environmental consultancy' to capitalise on 'rapidly growing ESG trends'

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  • 04 December 2020
Full line up confirmed for the BusinessGreen Technology and Investment Forum 2020
Full line up confirmed for the BusinessGreen Technology and Investment Forum 2020

Just one week left to sign up for the UK's premier clean tech pitch event and hear from some of the country's most exciting green start-ups

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  • 26 November 2020
Join us at the annual BusinessGreen Technology and Investment Forum
Join us at the annual BusinessGreen Technology and Investment Forum

Hosted in association with Innovate UK, our annual free-to-attend clean tech pitching event will bring together some of the UK's most exciting green start ups with leading investors and corporates

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  • 17 November 2020
HSBC pledges to reach net zero financed emissions by mid-century
HSBC pledges to reach net zero financed emissions by mid-century

But bank's commitment to decarbonising its financing by mid-century, on top of its supply chain and operations by 2030, is slammed by campaigners as "empty" and an "attempt to buy time" due to its failure to commit to divest from coal and oil and gas...

  • Investment
  • 09 October 2020
Climate tech venture capital investment soars to record levels
Climate tech venture capital investment soars to record levels

But new PwC report warns 'rapid injection of capital, talent and public-private support' still required for climate tech to deliver on its massive promise

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  • 23 September 2020
Global Briefing: China mulls carbon neutrality
Global Briefing: China mulls carbon neutrality

All the latest green business news from around the world

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  • 18 September 2020
Amazon unveils first recipients of $2bn climate investment programme
Amazon unveils first recipients of $2bn climate investment programme

Tech giant backs electric vehicles, carbon removal, and high efficiency motors as it forges ahead with efforts to deliver net zero emissions by 2040

  • Venture Capital
  • 17 September 2020
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Carbon Limiting Technologies' Beverley Gower-Jones
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Carbon Limiting Technologies' Beverley Gower-Jones

VIDEO: Carbon Limiting Technologies and Clean Growth Fund head chats to BusinessGreen editor-in-chief James Murray about scaling up clean tech and unlocking finance to deliver net zero

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  • 30 June 2020
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