Archive

  • Tesla shrugs off doubts, races to $226m IPO

    01 July 2010

    In a positive sign for the clean-tech sector, newly listed electric car maker Tesla Motors has shaken the tin for more than $200 million while debut trading saw its share price race ahead.

  • Renewable incentive cuts make sense: experts

    01 July 2010

    Renewable energy commentators say reductions to European incentives schemes are unlikely to be as deep as feared, but argue that there is strong justification for the cuts.

  • US Ex-Im flip-flops on giant Indian coal project

    01 July 2010

    The US Export-Import Bank has said it will reconsider financing a controversial Indian coal project – only days after rejecting it on grounds of its climate impact.

  • Equator Principles introduces rules on expulsion

    01 July 2010

    The Equator Principles secretariat has introduced governance rules which, for the first time, set out criteria that allow it to expel signatory banks from the voluntary social and environmental risk guidelines.

  • Biorefineries have big role in fight against climate change – WEF

    01 July 2010

    Biorefineries – facilities that convert biomass into fuel, energy, chemicals and materials – have a major role to play in combating climate change, says a World Economic Forum (WEF) report.

  • Germany eyes $500 million for public-private climate fund

    01 July 2010

    Germany has launched a 'climate protection' fund to help local banks invest in energy efficiency and renewables for small businesses and households in developing countries, seeding it with more than $100 million.

  • New funds to boost exposure to carbon-efficient companies

    01 July 2010

    A British investment company has become the latest to offer carbon-orientated funds that aim to promote "traditional investment with a carbon tilt".

  • Wheb branches out into renewables infrastructure

    01 July 2010

    UK asset management company Wheb has hired four infrastructure investment specialists who are seeking €200 million ($247 million) for a Europe-focused renewable energy infrastructure fund.

  • Fast-start for UK green investment bank seen as challenging

    01 July 2010

    Advocates of a Green Investment Bank (GIB) in the UK are calling for a 'shadow board' to be established ahead of legislation, warning that delays in establishing a bank could act as a drag on investment.

  • The generation game

    25 June 2010

    Renewable energy infrastructure offers solid, long-term returns – and investors are dipping more than a toe in the water. Christopher Cundy reports