Environment-Renewables

Australia's carbon scheme delayed to 2011

The Australian government has delayed the start of its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) to July 2011 and announced a more ambitious emissions reduction target for 2020.

Landfill of Plenty

Government incentives to produce 'green' electricity mean that despite the credit crunch, new waste-to-energy technologies continue to attract interest from venture capitalists, raising hopes for further financing opportunities once the economy begins…

An ethical Investment

Earth Capital Partners - the newly formed sustainable development investment business - plans to raise $5 billion over the next five years to invest in global SD projects. Katie Holliday talks to partner Ben Cotton and chief executive officer Rufus Warner

Summer 2009

The latest on investment and finance within the environmental and renewables sectors. In-depth features on the VERs market, US solar power contracts, waste-to-energy and a Q&A with Earth Capital Partners

Beyond compliance

Community-level emission reduction projects are in demand as compliance buyers diversify carbon offset portfolios and corporates seek out sustainable green projects. Voluntary and compliance market methodologies and pricing are therefore becoming…

BlueNext to move into US carbon market

European environmental exchange BlueNext has announced plans to open a New York office this summer and launch Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) products by the end of 2009.

RWE/E.ON and EDF win UK nuclear auction

The UK government has confirmed that the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has successfully completed the auction of three potential new nuclear sites for a combined total of £387 million, significantly more than the government had previously expected to…

First domestic Australian CER trade

The first Certified Emission Reduction (CER) trade between two Australian counterparties has been made by Victorian electricity generator Loy Yang Power (LYP) and Queensland-based commodity trading and risk management firm Arcadia Energy Trading. The…

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