News

• Cement sector 'needs more than EU ETS to curb emissions'

  03 March 2014

  The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is "essential" but a higher carbon price and complementary policies are required "to unlock much of the emissions reduction potential in the cement sector," says a new report.

• De Boer to head green growth body

  03 March 2014

  Former UN climate chief Yvo de Boer is to take the helm of the Global Green Growth Institute, an international organisation set up by the Korean government in 2010.

• Abengoa seeks to list '$1bn' yieldco

  03 March 2014

  Cleantech engineering firm Abengoa today revealed that it has asked for permission to spin-off some of its assets into a US-listed 'yieldco', in a move that reportedly could raise $1 billion.

• UK GIB requests mandate to lend to small-scale renewables

  03 March 2014

  The UK's £3.8 billion ($6.4 billion) Green Investment Bank has requested that its mandate be extended to allow it to lend to small-scale renewables, after the Co-operative Bank cut its support for the sector.

• SunEdison agrees financing and imminent sale of first UK projects

  03 March 2014

  SunEdison's first UK solar energy projects are due to be operational later this month, the US-based photovoltaics specialist said.

• Creator of 'world's most powerful wind turbine' raises funding

  28 February 2014

  A company that claims to have invented the world's most powerful wind turbine has completed its latest funding round, valuing the firm at €40 million ($54.7 million).

• Renewables M&A deals up a third in 2013, further activity expected in 2014

  28 February 2014

  The value of mergers and acquisitions in renewable energy rose nearly a third in 2013, driven by utilities looking to offload the assets to raise capital, a consultancy firm has found.

• German fuel cell company attracts new VC investors

  27 February 2014

  Sunfire, a German developer of high-temperature fuel cells, has secured a "high seven-figure" sum in second-round financing, which attracted two new investors – Total Energy Ventures and Electranova Capital.

• Wind farm investments help drive healthy returns for PensionDanmark

  27 February 2014

  PensionDanmark's pioneering investments in wind farms provided a return of 9.1% last year, underpinning a "very satisfactory" performance for the firm and offsetting the poor results from its bond portfolio.

• 'Game-changing' corporate reporting rules clear key hurdle

  27 February 2014

  EU proposals to force large companies to report environmental metrics were hailed by a leading investor as "a game-changer for corporate transparency", after they took a step closer to becoming law.