News

• Flurry of deal-making in solar sector

  29 October 2009

  Solar third-party financier SunEdison has been snapped up by silicon wafer firm MEMC Electronic Materials for $200 million, the latest in a cluster of solar deals – including the first IPO in the sector for more than a year.

• EIB seeks managers for £100m sustainable energy fund

  29 October 2009

  The European Investment Bank (EIB) is seeking fund managers to both manage and leverage £100 million ($165 million) in sustainable energy funding for London announced last week.

• Creative' policies needed to drive low-carbon investment – UNEP

  29 October 2009

  Governments should adopt "creative policies" to encourage low-carbon investment in developing countries, if the world is to mobilise the $500 billion a year needed to help poor countries tackle climate change, according to a report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and other finance groups.

• Companies struggling to address natural resource exposures

  29 October 2009

  Investors have raised concerns that few companies are adequately managing their dependence on natural ecosystems, putting their strategies and valuations at risk.

• Carbon markets don't motivate clean investment, says Deutsche Bank

  28 October 2009

  Emissions trading has done little to encourage investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency, and governments should focus on introducing feed-in tariffs and mandates if they want to prevent the worst effects of climate change by 2020, according to analysis by Deutsche Bank's Asset Management (DeAM) division.

• US stimulus money boosts wind power

  22 October 2009

  The US renewable energy grant programme has led to a surge in wind project development in recent months, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).

• Bipartisan support' likely to underpin US Green Bank proposal

  22 October 2009

  The prospects for a US federal bank to help finance renewable energy – as proposed in Congressional climate legislation – look rosy given bipartisan support and the ongoing difficulty of securing financing in the private markets, supporters have said.

• Cast your vote in the Environmental Finance market survey

  22 October 2009

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

• PwC, investors to study effect of climate on municipal bonds

  22 October 2009

  A study is underway to examine how water shortages and climate change could affect the value of US municipal bonds.

• Impax clears £100m for Asia environment fund

  22 October 2009

  Impax Asset Management has raised £102 million ($170 million) into its Asian Environmental Markets fund – making it the largest closed-end listed investment trust raised in London since July 2008, according to its book-runner.