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Clean technology has benefited from government stimuli and a rebound in the oil price, rewarding investors who stuck with the sector throughout the downturn
Sunny outlook for solar panels
A record number of homeowners installed solar panels this month, in a sign of Britons’ enthusiasm for domestic renewable energy generation
Ministers toughen stance on emissions
Germany, France and UK say moving to the higher target unilaterally would not be difficult and would prevent Europe from lagging behind in the global race for green technology
Low-carbon power spur for Liverpool
The city is set to host the UK’s largest smart electricity grid, which will equip up to 1,200 households with smart meters, solar panels or wind turbines and provide charging points for plug-in cars
Drax to convert boiler to use biomass fuel
As the start of an approach that could eventually see it move entirely to ‘green’ fuel, the UK’s biggest power station is to convert one of its coal-fired boilers to use biomass
Teesside poised for first bioenergy plant in Europe
Ineos Bio is a step closer to realising the conversion of dustbin contents into biofuel and renewable energy by securing £7.3m of grants towards its development of the continent’s first waste to bioethanol plant
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Introduction: Investing
Introduction: clean technology investors have been rewarded recently with a spectacular rebound in market sentiment
Part Three: Electric cars
In spite of the deep crisis in their industry, carmakers are taking a gamble on a technology that has not yet proved it can win over consumers
Part One: Wind
Wind energy suffered in the financial storm of the past year but, as one of the most mature renewables, it looks set for a period of calm
Part Four: Efficiency
The $500m refit of the Empire State Building is proof that energy efficiency is now at the cutting edge of the clean technology debate
Part Two: Solar
Solar panels may yet adorn every rooftop but governments could finally be giving the industry fresh impetus needed to fulfil its potential
Part Five: Venture Capital
The green bail-out promises to refloat venture capital, an industry prone to boom-bust cycles and left high and dry by the capital market collapse
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