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'Huge potential' for water impact on investors, but response limited
18 November 2010Investors are failing to factor water risk into their investment decisions because of a lack of information, according to a leading activist investor.
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Italian solar projects to be refinanced with €200m bond sale
18 November 2010SunPower Corporation will refinance two Italian solar parks through €200 million ($273 million) in investment-grade bonds.
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CalPERS puts $500m to work in climate strategy
18 November 2010The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is investing $500 million in an environmental strategy based on HSBC's Global Climate Change Benchmark Index.
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US renewables lobby calls for two more years of cash grants
18 November 2010The US renewable energy sector does not need the pivotal cash grant programme to become permanent, with a two-year extension sufficient to help the industry survive the economic downturn.
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End of term
18 November 2010The US mid-term elections have thrown US climate and energy policies into even more disarray than they were in before. Gloria Gonzalez asks what they mean for carbon trading, renewables and emissions regulation
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International carbon markets 2010
15 November 2010What effect will the Cancun climate talks have on the global markets? Download this special report from Environmental Finance. (Subscription required)
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US to raid loan guarantees to save clean energy grants?
11 November 2010The US midterm elections may have dealt a fatal blow to the federal cash grant and loan guarantee programmes for the clean energy sector, and financiers and developers are cool on a plan to sacrifice one programme to save the other.
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IEA predicts $5.7tr of renewables investment by 2035
11 November 2010$5.7 trillion must be invested in renewables by 2035, even under the International Energy Agency's more conservative forecast – which would still result in global warming of 3.5°C. In 2009, $115 billion was invested in renewables, by comparison.
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UK's green bank needs 'quick wins'
11 November 2010The UK's proposed Green Investment Bank (GIB) should focus on "quick wins" and offer, for example, financial products that reduce the cost of mezzanine debt for offshore wind projects, according to a leading investment banker.
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Copenhagen timidity cost $1tr – IEA
11 November 2010The weak agreement reached at last year's Copenhagen climate talks has added $1 trillion to the cost of keeping global warming within 2°C, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.