News

  • Banks failed to improve coal financing policies in 2012 – report

    01 May 2013

    US banks failed to tighten their policies on financing coal and mountaintop removal mining (MTR) in 2012, with two notable exceptions, according to a group of NGOs.

  • First concentrated solar PV project bond issued

    01 May 2013

    Semi-conductor manufacturer Soitec has issued what it claims is the first ever publicly-listed project bond to help finance a concentrated solar photovoltaic (CPV) power plant.

  • Jupiter fund manager eyes renewables comeback

    01 May 2013

    The manager of Jupiter's pioneering environmental fund is currently looking at renewable energy companies more than at any time in the past five years as falling technology costs promise to boost the sector's prospects.

  • Vattenfall's CCS ambitions will not be fulfilled, chairman says

    30 April 2013

    The chairman of Vattenfall has admitted the utility's carbon capture and storage (CCS) ambitions will not be fulfilled, in an apparent blow for the company's pledge not to build coal-fired power plants without the technology.

  • GIB and Masdar form alliance for UK investment

    30 April 2013

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) will tomorrow sign an agreement with Masdar – Abu Dhabi's state-backed renewable energy company – to work together to explore opportunities in the UK's clean energy sector.

  • FTSE adds environmental index amid 'increased demand for tailored benchmarks'

    30 April 2013

    Index provider FTSE has launched a new environmental index, which has been adopted by Jupiter Ecology Fund as its second benchmark.

  • Green bonds to become 'cornerstone market within four years' – Flensborg

    30 April 2013

    Environmental bonds will become a "cornerstone" of mainstream investors' portfolios within four years, one of the market's pioneers has claimed.

  • New partnership to spark power-to-gas growth

    29 April 2013

    A group of companies in the energy sector has formed a partnership to boost the development of power-to-gas (P2G) in the North Sea, in "an important step in the transition towards a sustainable energy system".

  • CH2M Hill and EKO in green infrastructure partnership

    29 April 2013

    A partnership to finance and develop 'green' infrastructure projects has been formed by EKO Asset Management Partners and Colorado-based engineering and consultancy firm CH2M Hill.

  • AWEA hires new CEO

    29 April 2013

    The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has appointed Tom Kiernan as its new CEO.