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World's first green bank loans $1bn in first months of operation

2013-05-10 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Britain's Green Investment Bank (GIB), the world's first bank solely focused on lending to clean energy projects, said it allocated 635 million pounds ($988 million) in funding over its first five months of operation. The bank, which opened in November 2012 and is capitalised with 3 billion pounds of government money, supported eleven projects over its first five months, most of which manage or produce energy from waste. Britain needs to drastically cut its carbon emissions by 2020 and set up the...

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More than 1bn tablets to be in use by 2017

2013-05-03 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

CCS Insight predicts annual unit volumes to grow to 419m in four years; IDC puts Q1 shipments at 49.2m.

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UK consortium wins 1bn resource recovery contract for biomass power project

2013-04-30 10:00:00| Power Technology

A consortium led by waste management firm SITA UK has won a 1bn resource recovery contract from the West London Waste Authority (WLWA) for an energy-from-waste facility project in Severnside, South Gloucestershire, UK.

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Bayer to buy Conceptus in $1bn deal

2013-04-29 11:59:27| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Germany's Bayer plans to buy US contraceptive maker Conceptus as it attempts to increase its range of female healthcare products.

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ABB to acquire US solar energy company Power-One for $1bn

2013-04-23 10:00:00| Power Technology

Swiss power and automation group ABB has agreed to acquire US-based solar energy firm Power-One for approximately $1bn, in a bid to expand its presence in the solar inverters market.

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