News

• Commerce Department hits Chinese solar firms with stiff anti-dumping penalties

  18 May 2012

  The US Department of Commerce imposed substantial anti-dumping penalties on Chinese solar manufacturers after finding that they have been dumping their products in the US at less than fair value.

• Food security pitch wins 'World Cup' of Rio+20 proposals

  17 May 2012

  Ensuring that 9 billion people can be fed by 2050 should be the number one priority for governments at next month's Rio+20 sustainable development summit, according to an audience of business executives, policy-makers and NGOs polled in London yesterday.

• Shale gas boom threatens European renewables investments – MGT

  17 May 2012

  Investments in renewable energy could be put on hold while European governments develop clear policies on shale gas, according to a biomass energy expert.

• EU's energy commissioner calls for €12-plus carbon price

  17 May 2012

  Günther Oettinger, the EU's energy commissioner, yesterday said he would like to see a minimum carbon price of €12 ($15.21).

• Securitisation set to unlock new US solar markets

  17 May 2012

  Solar experts say securitisation is set to become an important financing mechanism in their sector, but several hurdles must be overcome, including the perceptions of the rating agencies.

• BlackRock eyes first close for renewables fund

  17 May 2012

  The renewable energy infrastructure fund launched by BlackRock last year is approaching a first close at $400 million, Environmental Finance understands.

• Shah warns of 'chaos' over tax equity investment in renewables

  16 May 2012

  A colossal fight is brewing between renewable energy technologies for limited tax equity financing, according to Jigar Shah, president of the Washington, DC-based Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) and founder of SunEdison.

• Impax eyeing agriculture and food investment themes

  16 May 2012

  Environmental investment specialist Impax Asset Management plans to launch agriculture and food strategies or funds, as it seeks to exploit growing interest among investors in the 'resource scarcity' theme.

• ADB raises $339m in second clean energy bond issue

  16 May 2012

  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised the equivalent of $339 million from its second sale of clean energy bonds, the proceeds of which will be directed to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

• Rio+20 talks 'very helpful' for UN climate talks – Figueres

  15 May 2012

  Sustainable development talks at next month's Rio+20 summit are set to be "very helpful" for the UN climate change negotiations, said Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).