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Biggest photovoltaic project in Africa seeks finance
04 December 2012A UK renewables developer has unveiled plans to build Africa's biggest photovoltaic (PV) solar project in a move it believes has the potential to trigger a clean energy revolution in the region.
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EU, US eye Durban Platform timetable
03 December 2012EU and US officials are hopeful that a timetable for negotiations on a new international climate change agreement will be agreed at the UN talks in Doha this week – although to varying degrees.
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CSAPR rehearing decision expected soon – but rescue seen unlikely
03 December 2012The DC Circuit Court is likely to decide whether to rehear a decision invalidating the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) in the next few months, but market participants are not expecting a judicial rescue.
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US slips behind Germany in E&Y renewables index
30 November 2012Policy uncertainty has seen the US drop from joint second to third place behind Germany in the latest edition of Ernst &Young's renewables investment attractiveness index.
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Demand for new cat bonds 'excellent' despite Sandy
30 November 2012A recently launched $400 million catastrophe (cat) bond shows investors have not been put off the asset class by superstorm Sandy, according to a cat bond structurer.
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EUAs hit record lows as backloading plan is delayed
30 November 2012The price of EU carbon permits hit record lows today after the European Commission admitted that plans to 'backload' 900 million tonnes of allowances will not be agreed by the end of 2012.
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Carillion: Green Deal or no deal
29 November 2012Carillion's acquisition of Eaga may have been hit by the UK's solar tariff decision, but it's confident that the government will deliver on its Green Deal energy efficiency programme. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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Industrial water market to grow by $80bn by 2017
29 November 2012The $35 billion a year global industrial water market is set to grow by a further $80 billion over the next five years, according to HSBC.
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Emitters get reprieve in UK Energy Bill
29 November 2012The UK government plans to let energy-intensive industries off some of the bill for the UK's shift towards clean energy, claiming that "decarbonisation should not mean deindustrialisation".
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Wheb achieves first major exit
29 November 2012Wheb Partners, a clean-tech focused private equity firm, has made its first major exit.