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China second most attractive country for renewables investment
10 December 2009China is second only to the US as the most attractive country to invest in renewable energy projects, according to consultancy Ernst & Young.
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Impax assets surge on environmental investment boom
10 December 2009Environmental investment manager Impax saw its assets under management grow 15% to £1.26 billion ($2.30 billion) in the year ending 30 September 2009. The growth has continued since then, with assets reaching £1.42 billion on 30 November.
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Commission backs six sites for carbon capture and storage
10 December 2009The European Commission has named the six carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects that will receive a share of the €1.05 billion ($1.55 billion) in funding from the €4 billion set aside for energy projects in the EU economic-stimulus package.
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Europeans to co-operate on offshore wind grid for North Sea
10 December 2009Nine European countries have signed an agreement to co-operate on an electricity grid in the North Sea and Irish Sea, to connect up offshore wind farms and help the EU meet its target to source 20% of energy from renewables by 2020.
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Hudson clears $1bn for clean energy fund
05 December 2009Private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy has closed its first fund at just over $1 billion, bucking a challenging fund-raising environment.
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Doubts build over US Senate climate bill
05 December 2009The future of federal climate legislation in the US is heavily intertwined with the success of international negotiations in Copenhagen as doubts emerge about the Senate's ability to pass a bill in early 2010.
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Investors look forward, anxiously, to 2010
05 December 2009Investors expect that 2010 will see a boost to investment in low-carbon technologies, on the back of expected progress towards a post-2012 climate change regime, continuing economic recovery and the accelerating disbursement of government stimulus cash.
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RWE in massive CO2 mis-statement
05 December 2009German energy giant RWE overstated its own carbon dioxide emissions by 70 million tonnes – equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of Denmark – in a report this year because of a classification mistake.
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EIB, World Bank sell $450m of green bonds
05 December 2009Scandinavian institutional investors led purchases of $450 million worth of 'green' bonds recently issued by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank, which will finance projects that address climate change.
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CDP water initiative exposes disclosure challenges
05 December 2009Investors have welcomed the launch of a water disclosure programme by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), but the initiative exposes a plethora of challenges in understanding the risks and opportunities associated with water scarcity.