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  • Europe's €20bn sustainable energy budget under pressure

    20 June 2012

    The European Commission is planning to make more money available for sustainable energy projects over 2014-20, despite an underspend of the budget in the current period.

  • US solar PV installations surge in Q1

    14 June 2012

    Solar energy installations in the US were close to a record high in the first quarter of this year and are expected to rise 75% in 2012, as developers complete a backlog of projects that were racked up to take advantage of a concluding subsidy programme, according to an industry report.

  • CAIR emissions rule seen in place for a year or more

    11 June 2012

    The Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) could remain in place for another year or longer in the likely scenario that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fails to win on all elements of a legal challenge against the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), according to a leading lawyer.

  • OPIC's clean energy export drive

    06 June 2012

    The Overseas Private Investment Corporation's clean energy division has flourished over the past few years. Lynn Tabernacki, its managing director of renewables and clean energy, talks to Gloria Gonzalez

  • Flexibility on pollution controls could save utilities $100bn – EPRI

    06 June 2012

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could save the electric utility industry about $100 billion by giving utilities flexibility in installing new pollution control technologies to comply with its current and pending regulations, according to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).

  • EC unsure over post-2020 renewables policy

    31 May 2012

    The European Commission is undecided over whether a new renewables target or a stronger EU Emission Trading System (ETS) should be the primary driver of renewables in the EU after 2020, according to a draft policy paper due to be unveiled in Brussels next Wednesday.

  • Australia's 'green bank' to attract clean energy investors

    28 May 2012

    Australia's proposed A$10 billion ($9.8 billion) Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is likely to prove the "last piece of the puzzle" in financing large-scale renewable energy projects in the short to medium term – but it should avoid crowding out private investment, an investment banker said.

  • Tax breaks proposed to spur UK sustainability

    14 May 2012

    New tax incentives to boost the UK's low level of personal savings and direct more of these savings into activities that yield social and environmental benefits are called for in a new report from the Green Alliance.

  • Investors call for funding details as UK announces green bank legislation

    09 May 2012

    The UK government is to introduce legislation in the coming year to establish its long-planned Green Investment Bank (GIB), but investors and environmentalists have called for clarity over how it will be funded.

  • US, Italy, Spain challenged in meeting clean energy targets

    01 May 2012

    Changes to renewable energy incentives in the US, Italy and Spain will make it harder for those countries to meet their clean energy mandates and emission reduction targets, according to Deutsche Bank.