News

• Caparo, HaloSource raisings boost AIM clean-tech

  14 October 2010

  There are signs of growing clean-tech activity on the UK's Alternative Investment Market (AIM), with wind company Caparo Energy joining the bourse on Tuesday, and a multi-million dollar raising for AIM-hopeful HaloSource.

• Google searching for an offshore wind connection

  14 October 2010

  Google is to invest in a gigantic, $5 billion 'backbone' transmission project, which could connect up 6GW of offshore wind to the eastern US grid.

• Goldwind bounces back to HK listing

  14 October 2010

  Four months after shelving its flotation plans, Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind has boosted its coffers by more than $1 billion, debuting on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday.

• $35bn to grow Korean renewables

  14 October 2010

  South Korea will invest 40 trillion won ($35.4 billion) over five years to support renewable energy development, with funding from the public and private sector.

• Wind farm finance needs institutional investors – E.ON

  14 October 2010

  More institutional investors are needed in wind power projects if the EU is to meet its ambitious target of generating 20% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, said Mike Lewis, managing director Europe at E.ON Climate & Renewables.

• Cast your vote in the Environmental Finance market survey

  13 October 2010

  Voting has opened in the annual Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance market survey – the most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.

• People moves

  10 October 2010

  The latest appointments at The World Bank, Zouk Ventures, Aegon, BlueNext, Jefferies and more

• Lame ducks unlikely to rescue renewables, pollutant trading – IETA

  07 October 2010

  Action on a federal renewable electricity standard (RES) and a legislative fix for the troubled US emissions markets will likely have to wait until the next Congress, according to US point man for the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).

• Re-wiring Britain for low-carbon future will cost £32bn – Ofgem

  07 October 2010

  Britain will need to spend £32 billion ($51 billion) re-wiring and piping its electricity and natural gas transmission network in the next 10 years, as part of efforts to decarbonise the country's energy system, according to regulator Ofgem.

• Clean-tech investment drops 30% while China ups market share

  07 October 2010

  Global venture capital investment in clean technology in July to September fell 30% from the previous quarter, as economic recovery doubts resurfaced and the solar sector waned, an analyst report says.