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  • UK CfD changes to 'boost renewables subsidy allocation'

    02 September 2014

    The UK renewables sector received a slight boost after the government altered the details of how it will calculate its Contracts for Difference subsidy regime, in a move that is expected to allow it to support more projects.

  • WWF climate change head to lead UK's Aldersgate Group

    02 September 2014

    The Aldersgate Group, a UK environmental pressure group, has appointed Nick Molho, head of climate change and energy policy at WWF-UK, as its new executive director.

  • EU energy and environmental reforms could see carbon price soar

    01 September 2014

    The price of allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) could rise almost four-fold to €23 ($30) per tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) by 2030 if proposed energy and environmental reforms are implemented, according to Thomson Reuters.

  • Chile eyes carbon tax

    28 August 2014

    Chile is considering becoming the second country in Latin America to introduce a carbon tax, in a move that could provide a further boost to its rapidly growing renewables sector.

  • Global renewables investment to slow for remainder of decade, warns IEA

    28 August 2014

    Global renewables investments fell to slightly above $250 billion in 2013 and are set to continue slowing in coming years, a report has warned.

  • Decarbonisation can drive Europe's economic recovery

    19 August 2014

    An analysis by EY has found that decarbonisation is a "winning strategy" for energy security and economic recovery in Europe. Report author Alexis Gazzo summarises why it makes more sense than 'business-as-usual'

  • Australia's flagship PV project loses A$110m funding support

    19 August 2014

    Conditional funding of A$75 million ($70 million) for a pioneering concentrated photovoltaic (PV) power plant has been withdrawn by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena).

  • Undersupply warnings for South Africa's nascent carbon market

    31 July 2014

    South Africa's plans for a domestic carbon offsetting scheme risk being hamstrung by a lack of supply, market observers have warned.

  • A golden age of financial innovation?

    30 July 2014

    Excitement is building ahead of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's environmental summit for world leaders in New York in September.

  • Washington State mulls carbon trading, linking with California and Quebec

    30 July 2014

    Washington State is again considering establishing a carbon trading system in a move that could see it link with California and Quebec.