Archive

  • BoAML's billion-dollar push into renewables, energy efficiency

    29 September 2011

    Solar generation projects are a good investment bet, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML), and one it plans to take full advantage of.

  • Legal & General adds green terms to commercial leases

    29 September 2011

    Tenants signing leases with commercial property giant Legal & General in the UK will now have to agree to green terms with their landlord.

  • Renewables deals rush to close before US cash grant runs out

    28 September 2011

    Renewable energy financiers are bracing for a flurry of deals beginning in late 2011 into the first half of 2012 due to the scheduled expiration of the US cash grant programme.

  • Extend loan guarantee deadline, says solar developer

    28 September 2011

    Congress should extend the deadline for the US Department of Energy to evaluate and approve loan guarantees for renewable energy projects, according to a solar developer whose guarantee has fallen through.

  • If it ain't broke…

    28 September 2011

    Hans ten Berge says policy-makers should resist the temptation to fix the EU Emissions Trading System – it isn't broken

  • Google ploughs more cash into residential solar

    27 September 2011

    Google will spend $75 million to finance residential solar installations, raising its total investment in the clean energy sector to more than $850 million.

  • People moves

    27 September 2011

    The latest appointments

  • Taking a renewed look at risk

    27 September 2011

    Too many clean energy and carbon companies are relying on ad hoc, isolated risk management processes and procedures – putting their businesses at risk, says Jenya Khvatsky

  • Ontario election threatens renewables support

    27 September 2011

    The best chance of preserving Ontario's feed-in tariff (FiT) programme in its current form is if the governing Liberal Party maintains control after next week's provincial elections, according to a report by the environmental NGO the Pembina Institute.

  • Money flows to Ecuador's 'pay us not to drill' trust

    27 September 2011

    A trust set up to pay Ecuador not to drill for oil in Yasuní National Park is halfway towards its first fundraising target, thanks to contributions from the Italian government and an executive at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).