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EU carbon market weekly update - 8 April 2015
08 April 2015EU emissions data fell less than expected, helping push EUA prices above €7
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Financing a modern energy infrastructure for Europe
06 April 2015Tomas Gärdfors says EU member states will have to align their regulations and cooperate more if adequate investment is to flow to achieve the bloc's energy infrastructure ambitions.
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GIB raises £463m for world's first offshore wind fund
01 April 2015A fund launched by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) to finance offshore wind projects has reached its first close, having raised £463 million ($684 million).
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EU carbon market weekly update - 30 March 2015
30 March 2015Today's trilogue meeting and Wednesday's release of European emissions data for 2014 will determine the direction of EU Allowance prices this week, says Louis Redshaw.
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GIB makes first investment in social housing
30 March 2015The UK's state-owned Green Investment Bank (GIB) has made its first investment in social housing. The bank has committed £2.5 million ($3.7 million) to a project to install energy efficient, low-carbon heating systems in up to 28 sheltered housing developments managed by UK property company Places for People.
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F&C to ramp up its focus on climate change
26 March 2015F&C Investments is increasingly focusing its engagement activities on climate change and the stranded assets debate.
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Chinese analysts call for differential pricing for green bonds
25 March 2015Policy-makers should ensure green debt products enjoy a price advantage over conventional debt, to encourage the growth of a green bond market in China, analysts say.
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UK's Green Investment Bank eyes overseas projects
25 March 2015The UK's pioneering Green Investment Bank (GIB) is to undertake a £200 million ($297 million) pilot programme of international investments.
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S&P calls for more transparency in green bonds market
25 March 2015The growing number of participants in the green bond market brings new risks and heightens the need for more transparency, rating agency Standard & Poor's has warned.
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GIB and Ireland's ESB back £190m UK biomass plant
24 March 2015The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is partnering with Ireland's Electricity Supply Board (ESB) as equity investors in a £190 million ($283 million) biomass power project in the port of Tilbury, near London.