Analysis

  • The PV threat to electric utilities

    10 May 2010

    Could the accelerating uptake of small-scale solar photovoltaics begin to weigh on US utilities' rate base, and on their credit quality? Anne Selting looks at the evidence

  • Closing the chasm

    10 May 2010

    The largest US companies are moving away from, rather than towards, the Obama administration's emission reduction goals. Paul Dickinson calls for a change in direction

  • Should the SO2 ­market be saved?

    10 May 2010

    Paul Tesoriero considers the causes of and solutions to the collapse of the poster-child of environmental markets

  • Troubled waters

    10 May 2010

    It was never meant to go like this, says Mark Nicholls

  • No place like this

    10 May 2010

    Ontario's Green Energy Act set out to laid the groundwork for both renewable energy generation and clean-tech manufacturing. A year on, it has attracted billions of dollars of investment. Gloria Gonzalez reports

  • Where is the value?

    07 May 2010

    Responsible investment is heading from the fringes of finance towards the mainstream. But the debate continues about whether it creates value. Barbara Evans makes the case for the defence

  • All ecosystems go

    07 May 2010

    Office of Environmental Markets director Sally Collins is helping to build US ecosystem markets from the bottom up. She talks metrics, measurement and market infrastructure with Christopher Cundy

  • People moves

    02 April 2010

    A round-up of people moves this month

  • Playing the long game

    01 April 2010

    Competition among exchanges for a slice of the carbon trading pie remains fierce, despite pessimism about market growth. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Trading on sustainability

    01 April 2010

    Growing attention is focusing on the role that exchanges play in the sustainable investment value chain. Dan Siddy looks at the initiatives taken so far – and what more needs to be done