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GIB backs Aviva health-sector energy centre fund
25 March 2013The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has committed £50 million ($76 million) to a fund to invest in high-efficiency heat and power generation at hospital sites.
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Regulation holding back green investment, says German insurer body
22 March 2013German insurers want to significantly expand their investments into renewable energy and infrastructure projects but are held back by overly-strict regulations, according to the German insurance association.
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Green Investment Bank strikes first offshore wind equity deal
22 March 2013The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has made its first direct equity investment in offshore wind, acquiring a quarter of an operating project from Germany's RWE.
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Greencoat Capital pulls off £260m wind investment float
22 March 2013Greencoat Capital has raised £260 million ($396 million) into the first listed investment fund aimed at UK renewables, in an over-subscribed offering.
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UK government mulling markets for water abstraction
22 March 2013The UK government is to consult later this year on options for reform of the water abstraction regime, including the possibility of introducing water markets.
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State Street bets on green bonds
21 March 2013State Street's Chris McKnett talks to Gloria Gonzalez about how the giant asset manager sees growing interest in fixed-income ESG strategies
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Suntech insolvency could trigger sector consolidation 'despite bailout'
21 March 2013The bankruptcy of Suntech's main unit could trigger consolidation of China's solar industry even if the company gets bailed out by the local government, according to analysts.
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Climate investment: Leading by example
21 March 2013Christiana Figueres and Dominic Waughray introduce a new partnership between the UN and the World Economic Forum to showcase innovation in financing clean energy, climate adaptation and greenhouse gas mitigation
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UK selects final two in £1bn CCS competition
21 March 2013The UK government has selected two preferred bidders in its £1 billion ($1.5 billion) carbon capture and storage (CCS) competition, in a "watershed" move for the technology in Europe.
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Energy efficiency 'better boosted by technical assistance' than project funding
21 March 2013Public money might be better spent giving technical assistance to energy efficiency projects, rather than directly investing in them, the head of the European Commission's energy efficiency unit has said.