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  • UK faces £370bn low-carbon investment gap without GIB

    14 October 2010

    The UK is facing a £370 billion ($591 billion) shortfall in available capital to transform into a low-carbon economy, according to a report by consultancy Ernst & Young, which sets out how the much-anticipated Green Investment Bank (GIB) could close the gap.

  • Offshore wind drives clean energy asset financing to record

    14 October 2010

    Investment in clean energy hit $37.9 billion in the third quarter, as a flood of cash into offshore wind infrastructure in the North Sea helped drive a record $32.8 billion in asset financing.

  • Caparo, HaloSource raisings boost AIM clean-tech

    14 October 2010

    There are signs of growing clean-tech activity on the UK's Alternative Investment Market (AIM), with wind company Caparo Energy joining the bourse on Tuesday, and a multi-million dollar raising for AIM-hopeful HaloSource.

  • Google searching for an offshore wind connection

    14 October 2010

    Google is to invest in a gigantic, $5 billion 'backbone' transmission project, which could connect up 6GW of offshore wind to the eastern US grid.

  • Goldwind bounces back to HK listing

    14 October 2010

    Four months after shelving its flotation plans, Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind has boosted its coffers by more than $1 billion, debuting on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday.

  • $35bn to grow Korean renewables

    14 October 2010

    South Korea will invest 40 trillion won ($35.4 billion) over five years to support renewable energy development, with funding from the public and private sector.

  • Wind farm finance needs institutional investors – E.ON

    14 October 2010

    More institutional investors are needed in wind power projects if the EU is to meet its ambitious target of generating 20% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, said Mike Lewis, managing director Europe at E.ON Climate & Renewables.

  • Cast your vote in the Environmental Finance market survey

    13 October 2010

    Voting has opened in the annual Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance market survey – the most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.

  • People moves

    10 October 2010

    The latest appointments at The World Bank, Zouk Ventures, Aegon, BlueNext, Jefferies and more

  • Lame ducks unlikely to rescue renewables, pollutant trading – IETA

    07 October 2010

    Action on a federal renewable electricity standard (RES) and a legislative fix for the troubled US emissions markets will likely have to wait until the next Congress, according to US point man for the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).