News

• Clean Power Finance targets SREC trade

  31 July 2012

  With an eye toward the New Jersey and Massachusetts solar renewable energy certificate (SREC) markets, Clean Power Finance is launching a new service to boost trading activity in the US markets.

• BlackRock investors agree rule change

  31 July 2012

  Investors in BlackRock's New Energy Investment Trust have approved a plan allowing them to cash-in at the best possible price in two years' time.

• Suntech set to tap markets following likely $690m fraud

  31 July 2012

  Suntech Power, the world's largest solar module maker, may be forced into the capital markets to make good a potential €554.2 million ($690 million) fraud, involving a financing guarantee it extended in 2010.

• Tariff war will cloud solar sector – analysts

  30 July 2012

  Western-world polysilicon manufacturers will likely bear the brunt of any backlash if the EU follows the US in imposing import tariffs on Chinese solar photovoltaic modules – but most solar companies will be losers, according to equity analysts.

• Climate Bonds Initiative sets up energy efficiency working group

  30 July 2012

  The Climate Bonds Initiative has set up a working group to develop criteria for the certification of energy efficiency-related bonds, and is expecting its solar working group to issue a standard within the next few months.

• Germany, Italy 'good prospects' for SRI growth – Dexia

  27 July 2012

  Germany and Italy could be the next hotspots for growth in socially responsible investment (SRI) in Europe, according to a leading asset manager.

• Credit Suisse commits $300m to US small-scale solar

  27 July 2012

  Credit Suisse has provided two solar photovoltaic (PV) installers with financing to help them roll out small-scale systems in the US.

• Sandbag calls for 'carbon-neutral Olympic legacy' from ArcelorMittal

  27 July 2012

  Environmental groups Sandbag and the Low Carbon Community Network (LCCN) have called upon ArcelorMittal to use a fraction of its huge bank of surplus EU allowances (EUAs) to make the Olympics carbon neutral.

• Decentralised energy projects attract investors

  26 July 2012

  Investors are "queuing up" to put their money into decentralised energy projects, according to one of the UK's leading energy services companies (ESCOs).

• UK opens consultation on mandatory GHG reporting

  26 July 2012

  The UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has opened a three-month consultation on its planned regulation on mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting.