News

  • Allianz buys three wind farms

    27 June 2013

    German insurance giant Allianz has expanded its renewable energy portfolio, buying three wind farms with a combined capacity of 100MW.

  • Energy efficient ships an 'attractive investment opportunity', says bank

    27 June 2013

    Investors are increasingly seeing retrofitting ships with fuel-saving technologies as an attractive opportunity, according to a bank, which is developing a finance mechanism for the activity.

  • Green Investment Bank gets £800m boost, and borrowing powers

    27 June 2013

    The UK's trailblazing Green Investment Bank (GIB) today saw its firepower increased by £800 million ($1.2 billion), and was for the first time granted permission to borrow capital.

  • Camco writes off CDM investments, readies energy storage for market

    27 June 2013

    The collapse in Clean Development Mechanism credit prices has forced London-listed Camco Clean Energy to write-off its remaining investments in the sector, while its energy storage and biogas investments start to pay off.

  • 10 steps to sustainable investment

    26 June 2013

    Institutional investors must address sustainability risks, such as climate change, resource scarcity and water shortages, within their investment decisions, if they are to be successful in the future, an investor-backed lobby group claimed.

  • Investors welcome Obama climate plan

    26 June 2013

    Investors are "encouraged" by US President Barack Obama's plan to curb climate change, but warn that the threat of legal challenges could hold back capital deployment.

  • Pension fund plans onshore wind push after first acquisition

    26 June 2013

    A Danish pension fund's new onshore wind power joint venture is set to invest around DKK5 billion over the next five years, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Investor confidence rising in wind sector – bank

    25 June 2013

    Investor confidence in wind turbine manufacturers will continue to grow in the second half of 2013, a leading bank has forecast.

  • US investment manager offers carbon-neutral fund

    25 June 2013

    A US investment manager is to make one of its funds carbon-neutral by purchasing emission offset credits from projects that generate electricity from methane captured at landfill sites.

  • Third-party solar firm wins over major bank in fundraising

    25 June 2013

    A company that installs solar panels on homes in the US has won financing to fund the purchase of more than $630 million worth of projects.