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  • Africa poised for dramatic growth in renewables

    16 September 2013

    Across Africa, conditions are increasingly favourable for a sharp rise in renewable energy generation, market analysts say.

  • Think-tank names Henry Derwent new CEO

    12 September 2013

    Henry Derwent, formerly president of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), has been appointed CEO of a climate research network, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • First project under South Africa's renewables drive goes live

    12 September 2013

    The first project commissioned under South Africa's ambitious renewables drive has been connected to the electricity grid.

  • NY Green Bank asks for $165m initial capital to start investing early 2014

    11 September 2013

    New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked for $165 million to be granted to the state's Green Bank, in a first move to capitalise the $1 billion bank he expects to open for business early next year.

  • EU carbon prices hit five-month high after free allowance cut

    06 September 2013

    European carbon prices have climbed above €5 ($6.58) for the first time since April after a reduction of free allocations to installations in the oversupplied market was confirmed.

  • UK, Japan 'increasingly attractive' to renewables investors

    28 August 2013

    The UK and Japan have climbed in Ernst & Young's attractiveness index for renewable energy investment, while Australia and India slipped down the rankings in the past quarter.

  • NY State lawmakers propose $5bn environmental bond act

    27 August 2013

    Two New York policy-makers have proposed an environmental bond act to allow the state to borrow $5 billion.

  • Investors struggle to compare non-financial reporting, survey finds

    23 August 2013

    Investors are struggling to compare the "inadequate" non-financial information released by European companies, a survey has found.

  • California carbon allowances for 2016 sell out for the first time

    22 August 2013

    California's latest auction of 2016 carbon allowances has for the first time been oversubscribed, in a sign of confidence in the future of the state's carbon trading system.

  • UK commissions research into renewables policy risk

    20 August 2013

    The UK government is to commission a study into how best to combat the policy risk that suppresses investment in renewable energy, Environmental Finance has learned.