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  • Scaling up the energy efficiency market

    03 April 2017

    Meeting the EU's ambitious 2030 target for energy efficiency improvements will require more private finance, better data and standardisation, reports Peter Cripps

  • Joule Assets signs insurance deal to support energy saving projects

    30 September 2015

    Joule Assets, a US company which specialises in financing energy efficiency projects, can now offer insurance against projects failing to deliver the expected savings, thanks to an agreement it has reached with US insurer Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB).

  • Africa's first grid-connected anaerobic digestion plant set to sell carbon credits to UK

    24 August 2015

    Supermarkets in the UK are expected to buy carbon credits from Africa's first grid-connected anaerobic digestion plant, which was opened last week.

  • Capital Stage buys more solar in partnership with German insurer

    14 August 2015

    German renewable energy operator Capital Stage has bought another solar project through its partnership with an insurance company.

  • Joule gains $40m to commercialise CO2-to-fuel technologies

    14 May 2015

    Joule Unlimited, a leader in waste-to-fuel biotechnologies, has secured $40m in private equity and venture debt financing to scale-up its operational facilities in Hobbs, New Mexico, and spur commercialization of its SolarConverter® system to produce ethanol and diesel fuels.

  • Energy efficiency fund launched

    28 April 2015

    A fund has been launched to invest in small UK companies that are set to benefit from making products or providing services that boost energy efficiency.

  • People moves

    20 November 2014

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at Calvert, SEP and Jupiter

  • Joule to push into Europe as it eyes fresh fundraising

    23 October 2014

    Joule Assets plans to expand its US-based energy efficiency fund into Europe and hopes in coming months to raise another fund focussed on the continent.

  • People moves

    14 August 2014

    The latest people moves in the industry, including new recruits for SolarCity, Impax and Mirova

  • Joule Assets prepares to deploy $90m for energy efficiency projects

    19 June 2014

    Joule Assets is ready to issue $90 million in loans to 10 US contractors to help them implement energy efficiency projects, CEO Mike Gordon said.