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Biomass energy set to double in EU by 2020
11 May 2012Biomass used for energy generation in Europe will have to more than double from the 2009 level by 2020 if the EU is to meet its renewable energy target.
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Hansen calls on UniCredit to halt coal financing
11 May 2012Leading climatologist James Hansen has called on Italy's UniCredit to halt the "unnecessary practice" of financing coal-fired power plants, specifically the TEŠ 6 lignite-fired power plant in Slovenia.
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The next phase
11 May 2012Josué Tanaka is leading a new phase of the EBRD's sustainable energy lending – and its push into North Africa. He speaks to Christopher Cundy
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Federal support for CCS needed, despite EPA regs
10 May 2012Without the support of federal subsidies, new coal-fired power plants with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology are unlikely to be built in the US – despite new environmental regulations that seem to benefit such technology, according to a Bloomberg Government report.
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Sustainable biomass a major risk for power stations – Drax
10 May 2012Ensuring the sustainability of biomass fuel is "the biggest unquantified risk" facing Drax, operator of the UK's largest coal power plant, according to its head of environment.
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South-east Asia clean energy fund nears first close
10 May 2012Newly-formed clean energy investor Armstrong Asset Management is nearing a $66 million first close for a fund to invest in small-scale renewable energy and 'resource efficiency' projects in South-east Asia.
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Microsoft carbon neutrality goal would cost below $10m
10 May 2012Microsoft would need to pay less than $10 million a year if it were to meet its new goal of becoming carbon neutral entirely through carbon offsets – a fraction of the IT giant's $5.1 billion in profits for the last quarter.
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Taking sustainability into the classroom
10 May 2012Malik Naeem and Mark Neal summarise the findings of the first region-wide survey of sustainability in business education in the Asia-Pacific region
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Investors call for funding details as UK announces green bank legislation
09 May 2012The UK government is to introduce legislation in the coming year to establish its long-planned Green Investment Bank (GIB), but investors and environmentalists have called for clarity over how it will be funded.
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Citi analysts favour less-frequent corporate reporting
09 May 2012Abandoning quarterly reporting would help analysts better understand issues that drive longer-term company valuations, according to a slim majority of Citi equity analysts.