News

  • Obama's re-election does little to lift clouds over US climate policy

    07 November 2012

    The prospects for the US moving ahead with federal climate legislation remain limited, despite the re-election of President Barack Obama, given continuing Republican control of part of Congress.

  • EBRD breaches €10bn for sustainable energy lending

    07 November 2012

    A loan to a wind farm in Poland has pushed the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) sustainable energy loans to more than €10 billion ($12.8 billion).

  • UK government 'not doing enough' to promote Green Deal

    07 November 2012

    The UK government is not doing enough to promote its Green Deal energy efficiency programme, risking poor uptake among households, service providers have warned.

  • EU ETS reforms could boost auctioning revenues by €85bn by 2020 – report

    06 November 2012

    European governments' revenues from the carbon market could rise by as much as €85 billion ($108 billion) by 2020 if strong reforms are made, according to WWF and Greenpeace.

  • Calvert offers emerging markets sustainability fund

    05 November 2012

    Calvert Investments has launched a mutual fund to invest in companies in emerging markets that produce products and services designed to tackle pressing environmental and social challenges.

  • Biomass can produce more UK electricity than previously hoped - report

    05 November 2012

    The biomass sector has the potential to smash the targets set for it by the UK government and still provide a good return for investors, a new report has claimed.

  • EU-China solar trade dispute intensifies

    05 November 2012

    China has hit back at the EU in the solar trade war – filing a complaint about the EU's solar subsidies to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and launching an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation on the EU's exports of solar polysilicon.

  • Brookfield sells C$175m in hydro project bonds

    05 November 2012

    Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners has raised C$175 million (US$176 million) for the financing of a hydroelectric project in Canada from the sale of 41-year bonds.

  • Camco Clean Energy to sell renewables technology

    05 November 2012

    Camco Clean Energy has started manufacturing and marketing a new energy storage device, highlighting growing diversification from its carbon market background, it has revealed.

  • Forest carbon market hits record despite fall in REDD – report

    05 November 2012

    The value of the forest carbon market hit a record $237 million last year, despite a sharp fall in transaction volumes from projects that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).