Archive

  • An enterprise-wide approach

    01 April 2008

    The emergence of the derivatives business forced banks to take a new approach to risk management. It is time to apply those lessons to carbon, says Ron Dembo

  • Changing the financing climate

    01 April 2008

    The European Investment Bank's lending policy has changed radically to meet the challenge of global warming, Christopher Cundy reports

  • Back to the drawing board

    01 April 2008

    Allison Wood unpicks the US Court of Appeals ruling that gutted the EPA's mercury trading proposals – and suggests the story doesn't end here

  • Can carbon make nuclear pay?

    01 April 2008

    The US nuclear industry is hopeful that the introduction of carbon trading will help finance a new generation of nuclear power plants. But the European experience may give them pause. Jess McCabe reports

  • Coming into its own

    01 April 2008

    Concerns over energy security and climate change are persuading politicians that nuclear power has a vital role to play in the electricity supply mix of the future, says Ian Hore-Lacy

  • From wind to water

    01 April 2008

    With €1.7 billion under management, Bozena Jankowska's EcoTrends fund has become one of the largest environmental funds in the market. Now the RCM fund manager is turning her attention to the water sector. Mark Nicholls reports

  • Here comes the sun

    01 April 2008

    Solar plants are getting bigger and project financiers are getting interested. Nick Gardiner and Neena Madhok look at what's driving the sector – and what risks investors face

  • Suzlon goes global

    01 April 2008

    Elizabeth Block reports on how wind turbine maker Suzlon has expanded its horizons far beyond India

  • People moves this month

    01 April 2008

    ANNA LEHMANN and BRUCE MAILLET have joined UK-based carbon project developer Sindicatum Carbon Capital (SCC).

  • US renewables sector voices concerns as latest PTC extension stalls

    01 March 2008

    US renewable energy associations are warning that the second recent failure to extend a crucial tax credit risks putting the brake on renewable energy investment, well ahead of its expiry at the end of this year.