News

• US renewables financing set to collapse without grant extension

  22 July 2010

  Renewable energy financing will decline precipitously next year if the US Congress fails to extend the cash grant programme, financing experts have warned.

• Climate Institute plans 'asset owners disclosure project'

  22 July 2010

  Following in the footsteps of the Carbon Disclosure Project, the climate change disclosure spotlight is set to be shone on the world's 1,000 largest asset owners.

• US legislators move to rescue PACE programmes

  22 July 2010

  US legislators have introduced a bill to rescue innovative bond programmes to fund energy efficiency and renewables.

• Reid schedules utility-only bill for Senate debate (from Carbon Finance)

  15 July 2010

  US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) plans to introduce legislation for a carbon trading system covering only electric utilities for debate on the Senate floor in late July.

• Envirogen raises $50m from institutional investor

  15 July 2010

  Water firm Envirogen Technologies has secured $50 million in equity financing from an institutional investor.

• Chinese green sector surges as Europe suffers in Q2

  15 July 2010

  Mixed fortunes have dogged the clean-tech and clean energy sectors in the second quarter of 2010, according to latest figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and VB/Research.

• US renewables loan guarantees need revamp – GAO

  15 July 2010

  The US Department of Energy's (DOE) loan guarantee programme for innovative energy projects is in need of a major procedural revamp, according to a Congressional watchdog.

• PACE bond supporters fight back against Freddie and Fannie

  15 July 2010

  Supporters of innovative bond programmes funding energy efficiency and renewables in the US are fighting back against a decision by federal regulators that threatens to derail them.

• Rio Tinto enters biodiversity agreement with conservation group

  15 July 2010

  Mining behemoth Rio Tinto has joined forces with a global environment group, signing a three-year agreement which aims to improve the miner's environmental performance and promote understanding of the business challenges faced by the resources sector.

• Theolia back from brink as investors stump up

  15 July 2010

  Beleaguered French renewable energy company Theolia has raised €60 million ($76 million) from a rights issue that will allow the company to complete a drawn-out financial restructuring.