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  • Shale gas boom threatens European renewables investments – MGT

    17 May 2012

    Investments in renewable energy could be put on hold while European governments develop clear policies on shale gas, according to a biomass energy expert.

  • EU's energy commissioner calls for €12-plus carbon price

    17 May 2012

    Günther Oettinger, the EU's energy commissioner, yesterday said he would like to see a minimum carbon price of €12 ($15.21).

  • Securitisation set to unlock new US solar markets

    17 May 2012

    Solar experts say securitisation is set to become an important financing mechanism in their sector, but several hurdles must be overcome, including the perceptions of the rating agencies.

  • BlackRock eyes first close for renewables fund

    17 May 2012

    The renewable energy infrastructure fund launched by BlackRock last year is approaching a first close at $400 million, Environmental Finance understands.

  • Shah warns of 'chaos' over tax equity investment in renewables

    16 May 2012

    A colossal fight is brewing between renewable energy technologies for limited tax equity financing, according to Jigar Shah, president of the Washington, DC-based Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) and founder of SunEdison.

  • Impax eyeing agriculture and food investment themes

    16 May 2012

    Environmental investment specialist Impax Asset Management plans to launch agriculture and food strategies or funds, as it seeks to exploit growing interest among investors in the 'resource scarcity' theme.

  • ADB raises $339m in second clean energy bond issue

    16 May 2012

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised the equivalent of $339 million from its second sale of clean energy bonds, the proceeds of which will be directed to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

  • Rio+20 talks 'very helpful' for UN climate talks – Figueres

    15 May 2012

    Sustainable development talks at next month's Rio+20 summit are set to be "very helpful" for the UN climate change negotiations, said Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

  • Solar industry sees Romney threat to key tax break

    15 May 2012

    The US investment tax credit (ITC) for solar energy could be in danger of being repealed under a Mitt Romney administration, experts said.

  • New Jersey solar REC market set to dim further

    15 May 2012

    Solar experts see no end in sight for the oversupply of solar power that has caused a pricing collapse in the New Jersey solar renewable energy credit (SREC) market, barring a much-discussed legislative fix that has yet to come to pass.