News

• Vestas outlook improves despite gloom over industry prospects

  07 February 2013

  The outlook for struggling wind turbine maker Vestas's future is slowly improving, analysts have said, despite the CEO warning the year ahead will be tougher than 2012 for the sector.

• Equator Principles chair rebuts World Growth attack

  07 February 2013

  The chairwoman of the Equator Principles Association has dismissed claims that its voluntary social and environmental standards destroy shareholder value and trample the rights of host countries.

• California PACE programme expected to scale up to $100m this year

  07 February 2013

  A California-based residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programme is expected to reach the $100-150 million level necessary to securitise its bonds this year.

• US to miss emissions targets without strong action – WRI

  06 February 2013

  President Barack Obama was urged to take action to tackle climate change in next week's State of the Union address after a report warned that the US is on course to miss its 2020 emissions target.

• Greencoat plans £200m-plus float for first listed UK wind fund

  06 February 2013

  Greencoat Capital is hoping to raise up to £260 million ($400 million) in a stock market listing to invest in UK wind farms.

• Market mechanisms have a role in protecting wetlands – TEEB

  05 February 2013

  Tradable permit schemes, payments for ecosystem services and other market-based instruments can play an important role in encouraging the efficient use of water resources and protecting wetlands, according to a new report.

• APP strikes 'breakthrough' deforestation deal with environmental groups

  05 February 2013

  Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has agreed to halt the clearing of natural forests throughout its supply chain, in a move Greenpeace has described as "a major breakthrough" in efforts to save Indonesia's rainforests.

• Equator Principles 'destroying value, rule of law'

  05 February 2013

  The Equator Principles (EPs) are destroying shareholder value and are undermining economic development and the rule of law in developing countries, according to a report from a free market pressure group.

• Proposed changes to German renewables subsidies branded 'toxic'

  05 February 2013

  Parts of the German environment minister's plans to overhaul the country's renewable energy support scheme would be "toxic" for investment in the sector, experts have warned.

• Number of new CCS projects in pipeline falls – report

  04 February 2013

  The number of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the pipeline has fallen in recent months, after two in the Netherlands were put on hold and one in the US was cancelled, a survey has revealed.