Renewable energy
Lynda Clemmons joins NRG Energy
Lynda Clemmons, a pioneer in the field of weather derivatives and emissions trading, has been hired by NRG Energy to help run its green technology team
Special report: Renewables
This month's special report looks at the future for global renewables markets with a focus on the derivatives markets in European biodiesel and US ethanol and a look at funding challenges for US wind and solar projects.
Can innovative funding rescue US renewables?
Hope on the horizon
European biodiesel: a market on hold?
A market on hold?
German power market outlook
A renewed view on German power
Renewable energy projects seek investment alternatives
Funding alternatives
Energy Risk Deals of the Year 2012: Carlyle's Plainfield funding
Carlyle’s $125m senior debt funding for Plainfield project
Doubts raised over US Department of Energy CRO proposal
An independent consultant hired by the White House to assess the US Department of Energy’s loan programmes in the wake of the Solyndra bankruptcy has advised the agency to hire a corporate-style chief risk officer and beef up its risk-management…
Structured products linked to real assets and credit back on the menu in Italy
The Italian structured products market is seeing a pick-up as institutional investors demand exposure to physical assets and credit
Off-take deal targets West coast REC demand
Long-term REC off-take deal hedges West coast renewable energy compliance needs out to 2030; RECs demand expected to increase
Has the bubble burst for Italy's renewables market?
Renewables: has the bubble burst?
Renewable energy companies increase derivatives use: survey
Companies in the renewable energy industry are increasingly turning to financial derivatives to manage risk
UK power chiefs call for more clarity on UK’s Electricity Market Reform
With the UK's power sector estimated to need some £200 billion ($317 billion) worth of investment in the next 10-15 years, much is riding on the Electricity Market Reform, which so far lacks detail, say top power executives
Regulatory concerns top agenda at Energy Risk Europe conference
Regulatory risk on the agenda
Biomass exchange: catalyst for European renewables?
Biomass exchange: catalyst for European renewables?
Biofuels swaps
Growth industry
Solar failure raises questions about funding for renewables
Solar failure raises questions about funding for renewables
Who should pay for wind power risk?
Managing wind speed risk
Updated: Renewables groups urge Lords to wave through feed-in tariff cuts
Industry associations urge House of Lords not to reignite feed-in tariff row
Special report - Weather risk
This month's special report looks explores the state of play in the innovative weather derivatives market
Weather risk: gauging the exposure
There is now an array of instruments available to hedge weather exposure, but evaluating that exposure is far harder than quantifying standard exposures such as commodity price risk. Garth Renne and Shaun Hatch discuss approaches to analysing wind and…
California carbon scheme delay “prudent”: EDF
California's decision to delay carbon trading compliance until 2013 “will give the cap-and-trade programme it’s best chance of success”, says AB 32 co-sponsor
GFI Group, Inc.
The secret to being a leading wholesale broker is to be a whole lot more.