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  • Solar pioneer in €10m 'solar cells of the future' investment

    21 July 2014

    A solar pioneer today announced a €10 million investment to start manufacturing a new type of highly efficient solar cell, and said he is seeking further equity investments in the project.

  • UK renewables reach important – but modest – milestone

    07 July 2014

    As the UK's share of electricity generated from renewable sources approaches 20%, Seb Beloe hails the achievement, but says there is much further to go.

  • Volumes and prices fall in voluntary carbon market

    29 May 2014

    The volume of offset credits traded in the voluntary carbon market fell sharply in 2013 to around 76Mt of carbon dioxide from almost 103Mt in 2012, although the decline is exaggerated by several one-off factors, according to a new survey.

  • APP leads 'world's largest private conservation project'

    01 May 2014

    Asia Pulp & Paper is backing what it claims is the largest private-sector led conservation project in the world in a bid to shake off its bad environmental reputation.

  • Securitised energy efficiency bond raises $104m

    27 March 2014

    A bond believed to be the first to be securitised by payments from residential energy efficiency projects, has raised $104 million. The 11-year bond is based on California's Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing scheme, which has helped fund the installation of insulation and solar panels.

  • $1.8bn coalition to divest from fossil fuels, reinvest in clean-tech

    31 January 2014

    A coalition of philanthropic funds managing a combined $1.8 billion of assets committed to divest from fossil fuels and increase investments in "the clean energy economy", in the latest sign that the stranded assets movement is gaining momentum.

  • Swedish government to buy 500,000 CERs

    06 December 2013

    A Swedish government agency has agreed to buy 500,000 carbon credits at above-market prices from a cookstove project in Uganda.

  • Fears of forest carbon supply glut grow, with 1.4bn credits set to enter the market

    07 November 2013

    Developers of forest carbon projects are planning to issue 1.4 billion credits in the next five years, fuelling fears of a supply glut.

  • Northern lights

    10 October 2013

    While many countries covet the US shale gas revolution, could Scandinavia help lead a more sustainable revolution in Europe?

  • First project under South Africa's renewables drive goes live

    12 September 2013

    The first project commissioned under South Africa's ambitious renewables drive has been connected to the electricity grid.