News

• Clean-tech VC investments overtake IT and biotech

  01 October 2009

  Venture capital (VC) investments in clean-technology companies climbed to $1.59 billion over the last three months, as national stimulus packages brought some confidence back to the sector, according to the Cleantech Group and Deloitte.

• Clean-tech VC investment climbs

  01 October 2009

  Venture capital investment in clean-technology companies climbed to $1.59 billion over the past three months, according to the Cleantech Group and Deloitte.

• JP Morgan bids for EcoSecurities

  01 October 2009

  The takeover battle for leading carbon reduction project developer EcoSecurities heated up last month, with JP Morgan making a bid for the company.

• Court judgment roils carbon market

  01 October 2009

  Europe's carbon market was rocked last month by a European court ruling in favour of Poland and Estonia that, many feared, could lead to them dramatically increasing the number of EU allowances (EUAs) they could grant to industry.

• Carbon fund assets reach $16 billion

  01 October 2009

  The assets held by or committed to carbon funds have risen by 25% over the past year – to $16.1 billion in August 2009, up from $12.87 billion a year earlier.

• Uniduto plans $1bn fund-raising for Brazilian ethanol pipeline

  30 September 2009

  Uniduto, the Brazilian pipeline developer established by the sugar cane and ethanol firms Cosan, Crystalsev and Copersucar in 2008, will begin a roadshow in February 2010 to raise $1bn to build its proposed 570km ethanol pipeline.

• IFC, S&P plan emerging markets 'carbon efficiency' index

  24 September 2009

  The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Standard & Poor's are to launch the first emerging market stock index based on relative carbon efficiency.

• Economy fails to derail CDP response

  24 September 2009

  Dire economic conditions did not dissuade companies from voluntarily disclosing climate change risks and mitigation strategies, as a record number of top corporations replied to an annual survey conducted by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

• Germany's CDU could ditch feed-in tariffs, build new nukes

  24 September 2009

  Germany's Christian Democrat parties are likely to reduce the role of renewable energy feed-in tariffs and build new nuclear capacity if they win this weekend's federal election.

• Leapfrog eyes £12m/year for low-carbon initiatives

  24 September 2009

  Leapfrog, a UK charity that aims to channel free specialist assistance to emission reduction and clean technology projects, aims to be providing input worth around £12 million ($19 million) a year to at least 100 projects, within three years.