News

• Clean energy investors should look to Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama

  20 March 2012

  Brazil, Nicaragua and Panama have been ranked the most attractive countries for clean energy investments in Latin America and the Caribbean by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and the Multilateral Investment Fund.

• US biofuels set to outshine geothermal, say financiers

  20 March 2012

  The investment future is bright for the US biofuels sector, but the geothermal industry will continue to struggle, according to financiers.

• HSBC tips energy efficiency sector

  19 March 2012

  Climate theme investors should switch out of low-carbon energy production into energy efficiency and energy management, according to analysts at HSBC.

• MEPs back 2050 low-carbon roadmap, tightening carbon market

  16 March 2012

  Europe's elected officials have strongly endorsed the low-carbon 'roadmap' to 2050 that was rejected by Poland last week, and called on the European Commission to shore up the bloc's emissions trading system (ETS).

• Carbon financiers eye donors as new source of finance

  15 March 2012

  Carbon project developers are looking to tap into the growing emphasis by donors on 'results-based' aid to help finance emissions reduction projects in poor countries that offer health or other social benefits.

• EPA pursuing 'worst option' for emissions controls, says Forrister

  15 March 2012

  The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) New Source Performance Standards are the worst of all the options available for controlling greenhouse gas emissions, said Dirk Forrister, the incoming president of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).

• UK's biomass industry calls for "serious policy intervention"

  15 March 2012

  The UK biomass industry has urged the government to clarify subsidies for biomass energy generation and help develop sustainability standards for feedstocks.

• US to add 25GW of solar power by 2017

  15 March 2012

  The US solar market will continue to experience significant growth over the next five years, despite the expiration of a key federal subsidy programme, according to a report released on Wednesday.

• US taxpayers would benefit from 'creative refinancing' – Allison

  14 March 2012

  The US Department of Energy (DOE) should have the flexibility to use financing techniques common in the commercial markets to ensure taxpayers have the best chance of recovering funds provided to clean energy projects, an independent auditor said.

• New China renewables body eyes improved international cooperation

  14 March 2012

  The Chinese government has launched a renewable energy think-tank designed to support its maturing renewables sector with improved policy guidance and research, as well as increase communications with the international energy community.