News

  • Backloading to drive '15% global carbon market growth in 2014'

    08 January 2014

    The value of the global carbon markets will rise this year for the first time since 2011 as a result of an agreement to boost the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), analysts have forecast.

  • Japanese trading firm buys 90% stake in US wind project

    08 January 2014

    One of Japan's largest trading houses has acquired a 90% stake in a wind farm developed by EDF Renewable Energy.

  • Notenstein launches 10 sustainable funds

    07 January 2014

    Notenstein Private Bank has launched 10 sustainable equity funds, marking the first time it has offered such products to institutional investors.

  • Tidal power firm is latest to plan public listing

    07 January 2014

    A tidal power project developer and turbine maker is the latest renewables company to eye a stock market flotation.

  • 2014 to 'mark beginnings of new climate change agenda' – HSBC

    06 January 2014

    Pressure to cut investment in new coal assets will grow, and the march of the green bond market will continue in 2014, as the "beginnings of a new climate agenda" emerge, analysts at HSBC have forecast.

  • BlackRock's renewables infrastructure fund 'reaches close'

    06 January 2014

    Asset manager BlackRock's first renewable energy infrastructure fund has reportedly reached a final close.

  • Brazil's first solar auction completed

    03 January 2014

    The Brazilian state of Pernambuco has awarded developers contracts to build 123MW of solar power for an average price of R$229 (US$96) in the country's first solar auction.

  • $800bn 'oil fund' manager sets up climate change and water reporting framework

    03 January 2014

    The manager of Norway's NOK5 trillion ($800 billion) 'oil fund' has created frameworks to analyse and compare the quality of corporate reporting on climate change and water risks.

  • Tianjin sells first carbon permits at half price of Guangdong and Beijing

    02 January 2014

    China's fifth pilot carbon market has been launched in Tianjin, where emitters could pay significantly lower prices to emit one tonne of carbon than in Guangdong and Beijing.

  • FCC sells majority stake in renewables arm

    02 January 2014

    Spanish construction firm FCC has sold a majority stake in its renewables division for €8 million ($11 million).