Analysis

• Geothermal fights back

  13 May 2013

  The geothermal sector suffered a big fall in financing last year, but a host of initiatives spearheaded by development banks are aiming to open investors' eyes to the technology's potential, especially in emerging markets. Gloria Gonzalez reports

• Taking the pulse of the voluntary market

  09 May 2013

  Mark Nicholls reports on the results of Carbon Finance's latest Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings – and finds growth and innovation, but some anxiety about oversupply

  

• REC markets: the case for standardisation

  07 May 2013

  Renewable energy certificate markets cover two-thirds of the US power grid – but, with dozens of different instruments traded, are hobbled by a lack of contract standardisation, says Christian Hofer

• Fixed on ESG

  30 April 2013

  ESG factors have traditionally mainly been applied to equities, but they should also play a strong role in fixed income, argues Peter Coffin

• The changing face of low-carbon finance

  29 April 2013

  Government-backed initiatives are trying to kick-start low-carbon investment in the UK. But what are their limitations, and how is the private sector responding, asks Nathan Goode

• Dealing with the data deluge

  22 April 2013

  The rapid growth of online activity is sparking a similar rise in energy use. But which IT companies are making the biggest strides to reduce their energy efficiency and gain an advantage over their rivals? Mike Appleby investigates

• Connecticut's green bank shows the way

  18 April 2013

  A radical approach to attracting private capital for clean energy projects via a 'green bank' has been pioneered in Connecticut. As Gloria Gonzalez reports, it is attracting plaudits from far beyond the state line

• The EU's backloading vote: what's at stake

  11 April 2013

  Ahead of next week's European Parliament vote on plans to resuscitate the drowning EU ETS, Sonja van Renssen explains what is at stake

• People moves this month

  05 April 2013

  Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month

• Japanese renewables: revolution deferred?

  05 April 2013

  The outgoing government's policy framework laid the foundations for a renewables revolution in Japan. But developers continue to face headwinds, finds Felicia Jackson