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		<title>Renewables &#8211; current situation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Recheis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg New Energy Finance released their global trends for investment in renewables in 2011, here it is digested for you: Global investment in renewables jumped 32% in 2010, to a record $211 billion. It was boosted especially by wind farm development in China as well as small-scale solar PV installation on rooftops in Europe. Noteworthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investment trends in early 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Renewables Global Status Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿Given the rush to complete a number of big investment transactions in the closing weeks of 2010 – in some cases to “catch” attractive subsidy deals before they expired – it was little surprise that activity in the first quarter of 2011 was relatively subdued. Financial new investment in renewable energy totaled $31 billion, down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improved energy business prospects in Uganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 18:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GVEP International</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biomass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Briquettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A five-year programme continues to support micro businesses in East Africa to scale up in a way that boosts local economies while promoting the sustainable management of natural resources and reducing poverty. Three years ago Jude Kabanda began his business and Community Based Organisation, Friends of the Environement (FEO). Operating from Makindye, a suburb of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon Finance: A Guide for Sustainable Energy Enterprises and NGOs</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/carbon-finance-a-guide-for-sustainable-energy-enterprises-and-ngos.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GVEP International</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributed News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon credits]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.reegle.info/?p=5756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[GVEP International, in partnership with the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, has published a guide for energy entrepreneurs who want to link their businesses to carbon finance. The guide, which is part of a series also covering Investment Finance and End-User Finance, aims to provide recommendations on their first steps to assess their businesses’ potential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Banking</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/sustainable-banking.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/sustainable-banking.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Maxwell (Deputy Director REIL)</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Cassidy wrote in a recent article in the New Yorker, “When the banking system behaves the way it is supposed to…it is akin to a power utility, distributing money (power) to where it is needed and keeping an account of how it is used.” Ideally, banks provide financial services to citizens and organizations “to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Asia’s Power Sector Relatively Unaffected by Global Financial Crisis, Says New Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ESMAP</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ESMAP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008 Global Financial Crisis had little impact on the flow of funds to South Asia’s power sector. All told, the sector still needs up to $150 billion in additional investments to meet its growing electricity demand by 2015 says a new report. The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Investments in the Electric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADB to establish Solar Energy Forum in 2011</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/adb-to-establish-solar-energy-forum-in-2011.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Richards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REEEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Asian Development Bank (ADB), based in Manila, is currently in process of establishing a non-profit organisation to promote and accelerate the uptake of solar power plants across Asia. Last week in Bangkok the first Preparatory Committee meeting was held focused on the new solar organisation’s charter and work programme. REEEP is one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from South East Asia and Pacific (July 2010)</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/news-from-south-east-asia-and-pacific-july-2010.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REEEP South-East-Asia and Pacific</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Philippines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find below the most interesting news from the last months from South East Asia and the Pacific on “Policy Developments”, “Project Developments “, “Access to Finance”, &#8220;Energy for All&#8221; and “Information and Tools”: Policy Developments: June Special Forum Energy Ministers Meeting on Pacific energy security: Concerned about the impact of energy prices on Pacific economies, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessing the Role of Microfinance in Fostering Adaptation to Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/assessing-the-role-of-microfinance-in-fostering-adaptation-to-climate-change.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has recently published a new report on “Assessing the Role of Microfinance in Fostering Adaptation to Climate Change” which I would like to recommend to our blog-readers. This report, authored by Shardul Agrawala and Maëlis Carraro, offers an assessment of the linkages between microfinance supported activities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative finance for low-carbon development in Africa</title>
		<link>http://blog.reegle.info/blog/innovative-finance-for-low-carbon-development-in-africa.htm#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[GVEP International has just published a Policy Briefing on innovative finance mechanisms and how they could be used to scale up investments in low carbon technologies in Africa. The two case studies examined were presented at a DFID sponsored policy conference at Chatham House in London on 28th January. Large investments will need to be [...]]]></description>
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