Opinion

A New Prosperity

The UK Conservative party’s Quality of Life report proposes a green industrial revolution. John Gummer sets out its social, ethical and environmental underpinnings

Accounting

Japan's brownfields brought to bear

New accounting rules and increasingly inquisitive investors could unearth massive environmental liabilities on the books of Japanese corporations, say Greg Rogers and Miki Mitsunari

Clean-Tech – Solar

Can solar deliver?

Valuations in the solar photovoltaics sector are rocketing as investors chase potentially stratospheric returns. But Roger Franklin believes lower-cost technologies make more sense in the battle against climate change

Clean-Tech – Australia

Going for the green and the gold

Australia may have lagged behind the US and Europe in clean-tech venture financing. But, in the first study analysing investment flows, Anastasia O’Rourke finds evidence of a market poised for take-off

Renewable Energy

The Nuclear Revival – Threat or Opportunity?

Sean Gammons and Richard Hern consider how government support for new nuclear capacity could impact upon renewable energy investments – and come to some surprising conclusions

Corporate Profile

Fuel cell inside

Although the fuel cell sector may not have delivered on its earlier promise, Ceres Power believes an alternative approach to the technology will pay dividends. Elisabeth Jeffries reports

Market View

Between a rec and a hard place

Looming mandatory federal carbon and renewables trading schemes mean regulators and participants need to clearly set the boundaries between the two markets, say Jasmine Haneef and Ben Pinchin

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