News

• Investors sue Spain for solar PV compensation

  10 March 2011

  Leading renewable energy investors have turned to an obscure international treaty to seek compensation from the Spanish government over retroactive changes to its solar energy tariffs.

• Clean-tech investment mogul Tchenguiz arrested in fraud probe

  10 March 2011

  Vincent Tchenguiz, head of clean-technology investor the Consensus Business Group, has been arrested in the UK as part of a probe in the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing.

• Ex-Citi SRI analyst launches SRI portal

  09 March 2011

  Mike Tyrrell, the former head of socially responsible investment (SRI) equity research at Citi, has set up an online portal designed to "bring about a fundamental shift in the way SRI research is conducted and marketed".

• Budget cuts risk undermining green policy in Northeastern US - NGO

  09 March 2011

  Northeastern US states have many of the policies in place needed to promote clean energy and energy efficiency, but implementation and funding challenges could make it difficult to meet emissions reduction targets, according to NGO Sierra Club.

• Libya makes case for oil, mining risks disclosure - investors

  08 March 2011

  The crisis in Libya and its impact on the energy markets shows the importance of oil, gas and mining companies fully disclosing the political, legal and regulatory risks they face, investors said.

• Investment needed to meet renewables target exaggerated – report

  07 March 2011

  The investment required to meet the UK's 2020 renewable energy targets is likely to be below £40 billion ($65 billion), not the "intimidatingly large" £200 billion often cited, according to a report out today. However, much of that capital is likely to be needed between 2013 and 2015, which "could pose financing challenges".

• Belo Monte suspension lifted, nine lawsuits pending

  07 March 2011

  A suspension on construction and financing of the controversial Belo Monte dam in the Brazilian Amazon has been lifted.

• People moves

  04 March 2011

  The latest appointments at Citigroup, SAM, Société Génerale and more

• Weather risk platform snags $42m from Google, Khosla

  03 March 2011

  A weather risk management firm founded by ex-Google staffers has raised $42 million in a second funding round, including from Google itself and leading clean-technology venture investor Vinod Khosla.

• 'Global impact investment bank' starts raising capital

  03 March 2011

  A bold initiative to raise billions of dollars to support small and medium-sized companies and address areas of environmental and social market failures is being launched in London.