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  • GIB makes first investment in social housing

    30 March 2015

    The UK's state-owned Green Investment Bank (GIB) has made its first investment in social housing. The bank has committed £2.5 million ($3.7 million) to a project to install energy efficient, low-carbon heating systems in up to 28 sheltered housing developments managed by UK property company Places for People.

  • Infographic: The US coal crash

    24 March 2015

    The US coal markets have been knocked by a combination of cheaper renewables, rising construction costs, and the shale gas revolution, argues a report by thinktank the Carbon Tracker Initiative.

  • Joan Walley takes the reins at the Aldersgate Group

    24 March 2015

    Joan Walley, who is stepping down in May as a Labour member of parliament after 28 years, has been named chair of the UK's Aldersgate Group.

  • EU Carbon market weekly update - 23 March 2015

    23 March 2015

    EU carbon prices could rise further, after last week's rally, depending on the clean-dark spread and MSR talks, says Louis Redshaw.

  • GIB and Zouk Capital invest in novel £111m energy from waste plant

    23 March 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is investing alongside Zouk Capital in a £111 million ($165 million) project that combines a 12.5MW waste-to-energy plant with an adjacent materials recycling facility.

  • IIGCC calls for 12 fixes to Juncker Plan

    19 March 2015

    A report backed by investors worth €10 trillion ($10.6 trillion) has called for "12 fixes" to boost low-carbon infrastructure investment in Europe.

  • Carbon capture and storage could save UK 1% of GDP, says report

    18 March 2015

    Building 10GW of carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity by 2030 could enable the UK to meet its low-carbon energy supply targets while saving around 1% of annual GDP in the 2040s, according to new research.

  • EU Carbon market weekly update - 16 March 2015

    16 March 2015

    In the current bearish conditions for EU Allowance prices, positive news from this week's MSR talks will be needed if prices are to rebound, says Louis Redshaw

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 9 March 2015

    09 March 2015

    It is hard to see what will cause EUA prices to rise, without further positive news on the Market Stability Reserve, says Louis Redshaw.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 2 March 2015

    02 March 2015

    A vote in favour of reforming Europe's carbon market failed to boost prices, says Louis Redshaw