News

  • NGOs slam Bank of America for coal financing

    16 August 2012

    NGOs and activists have criticised Bank of America's latest corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, saying it fails to address the bank's financing of coal power.

  • Investors chilled by prospect of US biofuels waiver

    15 August 2012

    Waiving the US renewable fuel requirements would send a "chilling signal" to investors in advanced biofuels, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.

  • Carbon exchange veteran turns to small-scale renewables

    15 August 2012

    The former chief executive of Climate Exchange is raising money for a company that will invest in small-scale renewable energy generation in the UK.

  • Emerging Asia, supply chains face greatest natural hazards risk – Maplecroft

    15 August 2012

    India, Vietnam and the Philippines are among the ten countries with the greatest proportion of their economic output exposed to natural hazards – putting corporate supply chains at risk, according to risk analysis company Maplecroft.

  • RWE feels the heat from German solar expansion

    14 August 2012

    German energy giant RWE is feeling the pressure from a rapid expansion of solar photovoltaics across the country, which it says is "crowding out conventional generation capacity".

  • US solar import tariffs could soar, lawyer warns

    13 August 2012

    The duties on Chinese solar equipment imports into the US could rise dramatically if importers are caught trying to evade these penalties, with border officials on the prowl for circumvention efforts, according to a lawyer representing US manufacturers.

  • Munich Re buys 102MW wind portfolio from HgCapital

    13 August 2012

    Private equity firm HgCapital has sold three wind farms to Munich Re's asset management arm for an undisclosed amount.

  • Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

    13 August 2012

    An update to the Equator Principles (EP) released today is set to broaden the impact and improve disclosures under the voluntary project finance code.

  • Regulators violated federal law with PACE ban: US court

    10 August 2012

    Government regulators violated federal law when they put the kibosh on bond programmes that pay for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, according to a court decision.

  • US wind financier to look abroad, should PTC expire

    10 August 2012

    GE Energy Financial Services is actively investing in the US wind energy market ahead of the pending expiration of the production tax credit (PTC), but may look to do more business overseas if the incentive is not renewed.