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UK electricity reform splits power sector
06 January 2011The head of a UK electricity association admits there is wide disagreement among its members about the government's energy reform package, but says it is confident the sector will reach a position in time for the March response deadline.
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Chinese turbine maker plans $1.4bn IPO
06 January 2011Chinese wind turbine producer Sinovel hopes to raise up to 9.47 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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Qantas eyes jet biofuel from waste facility
06 January 2011Australian airline Qantas is in talks with US biofuel company Solena with a view to building a facility in Sydney to produce jet fuel from organic waste.
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Clean-tech stock pickers look to energy efficiency again in 2011
06 January 2011Analysts and investors predict last year's gloom for clean-tech stocks will continue in 2011, with few expectations that renewable energy share prices will recover – but energy efficiency is once again tipped to outperform.
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US climate and energy policy in 2011 – what to watch
06 January 2011Law firm Van Ness Feldman has set out its issues to watch in climate change, clean air and clean energy policy in the US in 2011 – painting a picture of profound policy uncertainty and overlapping and often competing political, regulatory, legislative and legal drivers.
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Climate bonds standard to be released by April
05 January 2011The Climate Bonds Initiative is to unveil its first labelling standard by the end of March, for wind energy-linked bonds, after securing initial funding for the project.
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Emerging markets outdo Europe, US on climate index
05 January 2011Significant climate change stimulus spending has helped emerging market stocks in HSBC's Climate Change Index outperform those in the developed world last year.
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Steady as she goes
17 December 2010Weather risk dealers report a steady, if unspectacular, year in the market, while the catastrophe risk market has been buoyed by growing bond issuance. Charlotte Dudley reports
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The finance starts to flow
17 December 2010Policy uncertainty has sent a chill through renewable energy markets in 2010, but financing, at least, is starting to thaw. Jess McCabe reports
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Europe gets smart about metering
17 December 2010The roll-out of smart meters across Europe will become one of the largest and most complex investment programmes ever undertaken in the energy sector. Ronald Hendrikx considers what is at stake