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  • NTR to invest in long-term storage solutions in 2025

    20 December 2024

    Irish renewable energy investor NTR is looking to begin investing in long-duration energy storage technologies (LDES) from 2025, calling it the 'next big technology'.

  • UK Starmer's 'clean power superpower' ambition misplaced, says SDCL's Maxwell

    17 December 2024

    The UK will likely fail trying to live up to its 'clean power superpower' ambitions, an energy investor has told Environmental Finance.

  • Mitigation needs work for COP30 after 'basically no outcome' at COP29

    27 November 2024

    After a 'mitigation-lite' COP29 event, the Swedish COP negotiator said the next climate summit needs to focus on getting a "clear mechanism" in place to deliver the ground-breaking deal to transition away from fossil fuels agreed at COP28.

  • Transition funds need 'finer viewpoint' on natural gases, says Actis

    07 November 2024

    Transition funds need to solidify a 'clear view on the natural gases' if they are to continue attracting institutional investor commitments, sustainable infrastructure investor Actis has claimed.

  • Lack of offtake a key concern over 'in vogue' hydrogen assets, says Yielco

    06 November 2024

    Investors should avoid rushing into hydrogen-focused investment opportunities, despite encouragement by governments for the 'in vogue' renewable theme, a capital allocator has warned.

  • Verdane bags increased US investor interest for €700m decarb fundraise

    30 October 2024

    Decarbonisation and technology-focused private equity firm Verdane has closed its second decarbonisation strategy at €700 million ($757.2 million).

  • More private capital than ever before flowing to Africa, says AIIM

    30 October 2024

    More money is being committed by institutional investors into Africa than ever before, a local infrastructure investor has claimed.

  • Asian investors brace for fossil fuel 'inflection point'

    29 October 2024

    Despite labelling fossil fuels as "unattractive" in the long term, many Asian investors are still willing to capitalise on profits in the short term, an investor survey has found.

  • Dolma to launch Nepal-focused climate fund

    23 September 2024

    Dolma - an impact investor focused on Nepal - plans to raise its first fund focused on climate change.

  • 'Tide has definitely shifted on nuclear' in green finance

    20 September 2024

    Attitudes towards the place of nuclear power in sustainable finance markets have "definitely shifted" in the last couple of years, an Environmental Finance event has heard - but their place in green bonds remains a "separation point" in the market.