News

  • Enel almost doubles new renewables capacity in 2012

    02 September 2013

    Italian utility Enel boosted its renewables generation capacity by more than 1GW in 2012, almost twice as much as was added the previous year.

  • SolarCity sells shares and notes to raise more than $200m

    30 August 2013

    Solar financing company SolarCity has announced plans to raise $223.5 million by selling shares and convertible notes.

  • Storebrand to evaluate utility holdings for 'stranded assets'

    29 August 2013

    Asset manager Storebrand will analyse the sustainability of its utility holdings next month, Environmental Finance can reveal, following an analysis of the energy sector earlier this year which led to 19 exclusions.

  • South-east Asia clean energy fund raises $130m

    29 August 2013

    A clean energy fund has raised $130 million to invest in small-scale renewable energy and resource efficiency in South-east Asia.

  • New system for reporting social benefits of carbon projects

    28 August 2013

    A project developer and a company that buys some of its offsets have devised a new way of measuring the social benefits created by their partnership.

  • UK, Japan 'increasingly attractive' to renewables investors

    28 August 2013

    The UK and Japan have climbed in Ernst & Young's attractiveness index for renewable energy investment, while Australia and India slipped down the rankings in the past quarter.

  • NY State lawmakers propose $5bn environmental bond act

    27 August 2013

    Two New York policy-makers have proposed an environmental bond act to allow the state to borrow $5 billion.

  • Former Goldman Sachs analyst to launch research firm

    27 August 2013

    The former head of Goldman Sachs' GS Sustain equity research team is launching a boutique agency focusing on long-term investment opportunities, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Terra Firma makes progress with $3bn renewables fund – FT

    27 August 2013

    Private equity giant Terra Firma has begun fundraising for its $3 billion renewable energy fund, which has reportedly been planned since last year, according to the Financial Times.

  • Investors struggle to compare non-financial reporting, survey finds

    23 August 2013

    Investors are struggling to compare the "inadequate" non-financial information released by European companies, a survey has found.