News

  • Investors call for reform of the EU ETS

    18 April 2012

    The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) needs to be fixed, according to a group of institutional investors representing €7.5 trillion ($9.8 trillion) in assets.

  • CSAPR petitioners quizzed over legal arguments

    17 April 2012

    The parties protesting against the US introducing the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) faced tough questions from a panel of judges last week over whether their arguments were eligible or not.

  • AIR models supply chain catastrophe risks

    17 April 2012

    Risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has launched a product to help risk managers better assess and reduce catastrophe risks from their supply chains.

  • Citi $6.4bn closer to climate investment target in 2011

    17 April 2012

    Citi facilitated or made $6.4 billion of investments to help mitigate climate change in 2011, putting the US banking giant comfortably on course to exceed its target of $50 billion in such investments by 2017.

  • Clean energy M&A rises in first quarter

    13 April 2012

    Clean energy mergers and acquisitions (M&A) surged in the first quarter of 2012, while private equity investments and public market activity were all down, according to figures from VB Research.

  • No US wind farms planned, or turbines ordered, for 2013 – AWEA

    13 April 2012

    The US wind energy industry is set to come to a grinding halt at the end of this year unless a crucial production tax credit (PTC) for renewable energy is extended, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has warned.

  • BrightSource Energy withdraws IPO

    12 April 2012

    Solar thermal developer BrightSource Energy has withdrawn its initial public offering (IPO) due to adverse market conditions.

  • Italian renewables tariff review dismays industry

    12 April 2012

    Italy is to cut the tariff it pays to solar energy installations by 35% on average, according to decrees approved by the industry and environment ministries.

  • Clean energy investment slumps in first quarter

    12 April 2012

    New investment in clean energy in the first quarter of 2012 totalled $27 billion – some 28% down on the previous quarter and 22% below the total for the same quarter last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

  • RBS aims to save £200m through environmental targets

    12 April 2012

    The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced plans to save £200 million ($319 million) by 2020 via new environmental targets.