There are tools and frameworks available now that help companies identify the right portfolio of projects to focus on.
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This transaction creates a stable platform for long term growth and allows Finavera to recycle capital and fund the ongoing development of its remaining portfolio of projects.
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The portfolio of projects, financed by debt and equity including an undisclosed, significant investment by Google in a venture formed by KKR, SunTap Energy, will include four solar photovoltaic facilities.
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French oil giant Total has in recent years moved aggressively to gather up a portfolio of new projects in places like the Canadian oil sands, Angola, Nigeria, Australia, Russia and the Gulf of Mexico.
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One of the largest solar project developers in North America, First Solar, bought a small project development firm in 2007 and a fat portfolio of unfinished projects from a struggling solar company in 2009.
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Within this context, UNESCO has assisted the GEF in the formulation of a conceptual framework for strategic action on groundwater and transboundary aquifers, and in the establishment of a portfolio of groundwater projects addressing key global resources and issues.
Oversee and coordinate the programme and staff of the Special Projects Unit to ensure proper management of all ongoing programmes and projects, the development of a portfolio of new initiatives, maintenance of relations with existing donors, and expansion of the donor support base.
Ocean Energy brings a whole portfolio of high-risk, high-return projects, from deepwater blocks off the coast of West Africa to one promising field that lies 9, 300 feet below the Gulf of Mexico.
With a portfolio of 26 operating mines and advanced exploration and development projects, Toronto-based Barrick Corporation is the largest gold mining company in the world.
While Khan's company Atria has big plans, it is in the minority in Hong Kong, not only in terms of the size of its property portfolio, but also in the attitude to incorporating environmental concerns in building projects.
Some moonlight in their new venture while holding down a traditional corporate gig, or use larger and longer freelance projects where the work might be ho-hum to balance out a growing portfolio of smaller, more exciting clients.
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He made his initial fortune in construction in Saudi Arabia, where he continues to add to his project portfolio with new projects for King Saud University and a new medical city complex for the Ministry of Interior.
While Google regularly does "spring cleaning" to trim its vast portfolio, the projects scrapped this year were many, and most were originally intended to be major focuses of the company.
In 2011 it co-founded e-Shang, a warehousing developer and operator based in Shanghai. e-Shang has grown from a portfolio of warehouses of 50, 000 square meters in 2011 to its current 1 million square meters of completed and developing projects, buoyed by the rapid growth of e-commerce in the country.
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