Opinion

Renewables: Phase II

The private sector is gearing up to deliver the renewable energy that America needs and, at the state level at least, the right policies are emerging, says Michael Eckhart

Project Finance

Marching backwards into the future

Shannon Lawrence argues that the IFC’s new Performance Standards will weaken the corporation’s environmental protections

US Emissions

Ozone season blues

It’s been a rollercoaster year for the US NOx market, and there is little consensus as to what’s been driving prices. David Biello investigates

Weather Risk

The market's onward march

The latest survey of the weather market shows that it doubled in size last year, after two years of stagnation. Brian O’Hearne looks behind the figures

Renewable Energy

Frankfurt basks in solar warmth

The recent hung election shows no sign of casting a cloud over Germany’s booming solar energy sector. Elisabeth Jeffries reports on a capital-raising bonanza. More..

Market View

A hole in CAIR

Dozens of independent power producers and cogen plants in the US risk being caught out by the new Clean Air Interstate Rule. Roy Belden examines their options

Corporate Finance

Bank ratings raise 'environmental consciousness'

Masatoshi Kuratomi explains the workings of an innovative new loan programme designed to raise the standard of environmental management in Japan

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