Archive

  • Greentech Energy Systems raises Dkr1,140m

    01 November 2007

    Danish wind energy company Greentech Energy Systems has raised Dkr1,140 million ($221 million) in a share offer on the Stockholm-based OMX. The money will be used to develop its pipeline of wind energy projects.

  • PGGM issues emerging markets ESG mandate

    01 November 2007

    Giant Dutch pension fund PGGM has issued an emerging markets equities mandate with a core focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

  • UK switches to per-flight aviation tax

    01 November 2007

    The UK government has announced that it will scrap the air passenger duty paid by every traveller, in favour of a per-aircraft flight tax.

  • What could go wrong?

    01 November 2007

    The nascent clean energy sector is booming. But is investor enthusiasm overdone? Morgan Stanley's David Edwards looks at the lessons to be learnt from the biotech and internet bubbles

  • Banks warm to the climate issue

    01 November 2007

    Climate change may present the banking sector with new risks of its own to manage, but it also offers a whole new suite of products to help others manage theirs. Natalia Gorina looks at how banks are tapping into a new market

  • Looking beyond Bali

    01 November 2007

    Negotiators depart for the UN climate talks in Bali in a few weeks with, arguably, more pressure upon them than at any time in the 10 years since the Kyoto Protocol was signed in Japan. They are charged with putting a road-map in place for negotiations on a successor agreement to Kyoto – with a deal to be agreed by the end of 2009, leaving sufficient time for it to be ratified before the current emission targets expire in 2012.

  • EDF EN looks beyond wind

    01 November 2007

    Strong growth in its wind energy portfolio is driving ­profitability at EDF Energies Nouvelles. But the French group is looking to solar and, more cautiously, to biofuels, reports Philippa Jones

  • Plugging in to emission reductions

    01 November 2007

    Hybrid cars are taking off, promising substantial emission reductions over their conventional equivalents. Plug-in hybrids represent the next step, says David Sandalow

  • Learning the lessons of the EU ETS

    01 November 2007

    In a little over 12 months, US power utilities will face caps on their carbon emissions for the first time, under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The scheme's designers can learn some crucial lessons from Europe's emissions trading experience, says Benoit de Vitry

  • An eye on the bottom line

    01 November 2007

    Rob Lake's appointment at ABP marks a growing focus on environmental and social analysis at the pension giant. But, as he tells Jess McCabe, its objectives remain resolutely financial