News

• EnBW eyes €8 billion renewables investment, bemoans nuclear shutdown

  21 April 2011

  German utility EnBW plans to almost double its renewable power capacity in the next 10 years, requiring an investment of €8 billion ($12 billion).

• India to launch emissions trading scheme to tackle local air pollution

  21 April 2011

  India is to launch its first emissions trading scheme (ETS), an air-pollution reduction pilot programme in three states that may go national in future.

• EIB backs Latin American 'ecosystem enterprises' fund

  21 April 2011

  The European Investment Bank (EIB) has joined a handful of socially responsible investors in backing an innovative fund that will invest in businesses that protect ecosystems.

• APX-Endex to launch wood pellet trading platform

  20 April 2011

  Biomass power stations will be able to trade wood pellet futures on an exchange for the first time when APX-Endex launches future contracts later this year.

• Ex-Im approves $806m loan to mammoth coal power station

  20 April 2011

  The controversial Kusile coal-fired power station in South Africa is set to receive $805.6 million in loans from the US Export-Import (Ex-Im) bank.

• UK solar investors go to court over FIT review

  20 April 2011

  A group of solar investors is pursuing legal action over the UK government's surprise review of feed-in tariffs (FITs) for large-scale solar installations, announced earlier this year.

• TVA spends up to $5bn to dismiss lawsuits, comply with pollution regulations

  20 April 2011

  The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will spend up to $5 billion to settled alleged violations of the Clean Air Act - quickening the government utility's transition from coal-fired power to clean energy.

• Q1 clean energy investment slumps amid policy uncertainty

  20 April 2011

  Global clean energy investment in the first three months of 2011 totalled $31.1 billion, a 34% slump on the previous quarter and down 10% on the corresponding period last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

• Follow-on legislation needed to enforce California renewables target – ARB

  19 April 2011

  California regulators are thrilled that the state's 33% renewable portfolio standard (RPS) has been enshrined into law, but warned that follow-up legislation is needed to govern how the mandatory target will be enforced, a top regulator told Environmental Finance.

• SO2 and NOx markets to rise again, says EPA official

  19 April 2011

  A top US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official has pledged that the moribund US sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) markets will thrive again, but reiterated that the agency's ability to preserve the value of current allowances is limited.