Archive

  • New Jersey solar REC market set to dim further

    15 May 2012

    Solar experts see no end in sight for the oversupply of solar power that has caused a pricing collapse in the New Jersey solar renewable energy credit (SREC) market, barring a much-discussed legislative fix that has yet to come to pass.

  • Protocol for community-scale GHG emissions launched

    15 May 2012

    A protocol to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the community level has been released in an effort to establish a single standard for measuring emissions from cities

  • Tax breaks proposed to spur UK sustainability

    14 May 2012

    New tax incentives to boost the UK's low level of personal savings and direct more of these savings into activities that yield social and environmental benefits are called for in a new report from the Green Alliance.

  • Under a cloud

    14 May 2012

    The EU's move to cap aviation emissions is under fire from all sides. Christopher Cundy asks if the system can survive the onslaught

  • Funding a low-carbon future

    14 May 2012

    Will Oulton, editor of Investment Opportunities for a Low-Carbon World, reflects on opportunities for investors in environmental businesses and the need for more 'patient capital'

  • Germany's solar subsidy cuts rejected, lower cuts expected

    11 May 2012

    Germany's solar industry is likely to benefit from a Bundesrat vote today to delay subsidy cuts, as long as negotiations are not drawn out, say industry experts.

  • Biomass energy set to double in EU by 2020

    11 May 2012

    Biomass 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.

  • Hansen calls on UniCredit to halt coal financing

    11 May 2012

    Leading 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.

  • The next phase

    11 May 2012

    Josué Tanaka is leading a new phase of the EBRD's sustainable energy lending – and its push into North Africa. He speaks to Christopher Cundy

  • Federal support for CCS needed, despite EPA regs

    10 May 2012

    Without 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.