Analysis

• Green bonds: of indexes, verifiers and the pursuit of standards

  13 November 2014

  The question of what is green continues to haunt the green bond market, says Peter Cripps

• PCIs: upgrading the EU's power grid

  12 November 2014

  Billions of euros of investment is needed to build interconnectors in the EU to increase security of energy supply and help integrate renewables. Tomas Gärdfors looks at the opportunities for investors

• The rise of the green bond index

  06 November 2014

  Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays/MSCI and Standard & Poor's have started green bond indexes. What impact will they have on the fledgling market, ask Sophie Robinson-Tillett and Peter Cripps

• Calvert Green Bond Fund – one year on

  03 November 2014

  On the first anniversary of the launch of the Calvert Green Bond Fund, its managers are pleased with its performance but are frustrated by an unrealised opportunity to roll out more green mortgage-backed securities.

• The evolution of the PTC in the US

  30 October 2014

  The US Production Tax Credit for renewables has had a chequered history, more often than not creating uncertainty for the wind and biomass industries. While the rules are gradually being made more clear for investors, some questions remain unanswered, explains Lee J Peterson

• Is energy storage commercially viable?

  28 October 2014

  Energy storage has long been viewed as a key solution for meeting growing demand for power. But despite years of investment its potential has yet to be fully realised. Ian Thomas discusses the challenges and investment opportunities

• Dealing with the changing climate

  22 October 2014

  Weather risk management is becoming increasingly entrenched within Europe's energy sector. But shifting regulatory winds promise to change its complexion. Mark Nicholls reports

• The potential of sub-Saharan Africa

  21 October 2014

  The IEA estimates renewable energy generation in Africa will grow 70% by 2020. Sophie Robinson-Tillett speaks to investors about their strategies for breaking into the continent and which countries show the most potential

• Gemini raises bar for non-recourse financing in offshore wind

  16 October 2014

  Project Gemini set a new record for the funding levels that can be achieved in the project finance market. Its financial close proved that there is strong commercial bank and investor appetite for well-structured offshore wind projects, says Wolfgang Bischoff

• The thinking behind Amundi's low-carbon push

  14 October 2014

  Amundi's Frédéric Samama talks to Sophie Robinson-Tillett about the firm's decarbonisation pledge, its planned low-carbon fund and how investors should be responding to climate change