News

  • ACORE names new president

    13 January 2014

    Michael R Brower had been appointed president and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).

  • Resonance buys four wind farms as HgCapital fund exits UK investments

    13 January 2014

    Alternative asset manager Resonance has snapped up four wind farms in a move that has allowed the first renewables fund set up by HgCapital to exit its UK investments.

  • EIB issues first green bond in Swiss Francs

    10 January 2014

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first green bond of 2014, with its first Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) denominated in Swiss Francs.

  • Ambienta environmental fund reaches €200m second close

    10 January 2014

    Italian private equity fund Ambienta has raised €200 million ($273 million) for its second fund focused on environmental technologies.

  • Investors buy stake in clean cookstove company

    10 January 2014

    A carbon project developer that focuses on the distribution of fuel-efficient cookstoves in Africa has attracted new investors.

  • ICE loses carbon trading market share to EEX in 2013

    09 January 2014

    EEX's emissions trading volumes continued to grow in 2013, as it won market share from the dominant carbon exchange ICE Futures Europe.

  • Sustainability fund breaks through €400m barrier

    09 January 2014

    A sustainability fund run by a German family office has seen its firepower pass the €400 million ($544.1 million) mark.

  • Swiss utility buys stake in German offshore wind project

    09 January 2014

    A Swiss utility has acquired a stake in the planned Butendiek offshore wind farm from its developer.

  • Backloading to drive '15% global carbon market growth in 2014'

    08 January 2014

    The value of the global carbon markets will rise this year for the first time since 2011 as a result of an agreement to boost the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), analysts have forecast.

  • Japanese trading firm buys 90% stake in US wind project

    08 January 2014

    One of Japan's largest trading houses has acquired a 90% stake in a wind farm developed by EDF Renewable Energy.