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DUBLIN-BASED Mainstream Renewable Power aims to float on the Hong Kong stock market in 2013

DUBLIN-BASED Mainstream Renewable Power aims to float on the Hong Kong stock market in 2013

OIL GIANT BP plans to build an $800m, 419MW wind farm in Kansas, US

GE IS planning to develop solar-powered electric car parks for US companies

SOUTH KOREAN industrial conglomerate LG plans to invest $6.8bn in green technology by 2015

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A GROUP of 16 UK blue-chip companies plan to support a green finance scheme for businesses and households

INDIA’S TATA Steel has signed a deal to supply foundation parts for offshore wind turbines in the UK

SCOTLAND’S GROWING renewable energy industry is seeking investment from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds

A UK SOLAR company is installing 4,400 solar panels above a bridge at London’s Blackfriars train station

A HARVARD physics professor who has invented what he claims is a CO2 sucking machine has received financial backing from Bill Gates