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German fuel cell company attracts new VC investors
27 February 2014Sunfire, a German developer of high-temperature fuel cells, has secured a "high seven-figure" sum in second-round financing, which attracted two new investors – Total Energy Ventures and Electranova Capital.
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GE buys Irish wind farms, commits another $10bn to clean energy
26 February 2014GE Energy Financial Services has bought two Irish windfarms, with a total capacity of 51MW, from Element Power, a project developer owned by private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners.
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RGGI proceeds provide $700m for low-carbon energy projects
25 February 2014The nine US states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have invested more than $700 million of proceeds from the programme to curb energy use and reduce carbon emissions.
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Wheb fund reaches €100m first close, makes first investment
18 February 2014Wheb's third private equity fund has raised €100 million ($137 million) and made its first investment.
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Ocean power firm's share price soars on plans to develop largest-ever wave project
12 February 2014Ocean Power Technologies' share price jumped 55% yesterday after it signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to develop the world's largest wave power project.
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Huron Capital eyes opportunities in energy efficiency
10 February 2014Private equity firm Huron Capital Partners is to target investments in energy efficiency.
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70% rise in emissions covered by cap-and-trade since EU launch, says report
06 February 2014The volume of global emissions covered by emissions trading systems (ETS) is set to rise 70% by 2015 since the world's first carbon market was launched in the EU, a report has forecast.
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The European Commission is taking a big gamble with the CDM
05 February 2014Gareth Phillips says the European Commission is wrong to exclude international emission reduction credits from the EU carbon market after 2021.
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Supply chain emissions: overcoming uncertainty
24 January 2014Regulatory uncertainty is deterring companies from investing in emissions reductions, the latest CDP supply chain analysis has found. But there are still enormous opportunities to be unlocked, says Dexter Galvin
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Plans for £150m UK bioethanol plant are shelved
16 January 2014Plans to build a £150 million ($246.2 million) bioethanol plant in the UK are set to be shelved in favour of recommissioning a plant in the US, where legislation is more favourable to investment, Environmental Finance has learned.