Over the years I have attended hundreds of conference sessions on financing clean energy. Every time, the main conclusion is that financiers need a stable policy environment. Contrary to what the general public might expect, most serious investors in renewable energy don’t spend their...
Bloomberg New Energy Finance white paper: 2011 investment in new clean power generation and biofuels capacity fell far short of the $100bn pledges made at Copenhagen, Cancún and Durban London and New York, 27 November, 2012 – As the world’s climate negotiators gather for the UNFCCC CO...
Bloomberg New Energy Finance white paper: 2011 investment in new clean power generation and biofuels capacity fell far short of the $100bn pledges made at Copenhagen, Cancún and Durban London and New York, 27 November, 2012 – As the world’s climate negotiators gather for the UNFCCC CO...
Average prices for operation and maintenance contracts in the wind sector have dropped 38% in the last four years, boosting the sector’s competitiveness significantly London and New York, 1 November 2012 – The wind energy sector is making significant improvements not just in the capit...
Over the years I have attended hundreds of conference sessions on financing clean energy. Every time, the main conclusion is that financiers need a stable policy environment. Contrary to what the general public might expect, most serious investors in renewable energy don’t spend their...
March 2012 Smarter Grid Solutions began a trial of its new SGv smart grid application with Scottish Power Energy Networks. The trial will release new grid capacity for a hydro-electric generator and could be extended to incorporate other generators seeking grid connections within this...
Executive Summary of a report by Eamonn Boland and Sébastien Duquesnoy of Imperial College London Energy Futures Lab. In an era where businesses are facing increasing energy costs, tightening company budgets and the threat of increased carbon emission related expenditure, companies ar...
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The Gulf Region has some of the world’s best solar resources. However, governments in the region have historically valued oil and gas at cost and have provided their populations with subsidised electricity, two factors which have impeded the development of renewable energy. This study...
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So here we are in the final two months of a U.S. general election, and energy has become a “wedge issue,” separating the two candidates. Mitt Romney’s position is that he will remove the subsidies on clean energy and help the oil and gas industry make the U.S. energy independent by 20...
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So here we are in the final two months of a U.S. general election, and energy has become a “wedge issue,” separating the two candidates. Mitt Romney’s position is that he will remove the subsidies on clean energy and help the oil and gas industry make the U.S. energy independent by 20...
“Leading the Energy Transition: Bringing Carbon Capture and Storage to Market” is the first in a series of reports to be undertaken by the SBC Energy Institute on the energy transition in collaboration with Bloomberg New Energy Finance. It highlights the status of current technologies...
Two global studies commissioned by Vestas reveal 85% of consumers want more renewable energy and 49% show a willingness to pay more for products made with renewable energy, while corporations are continuing to show preference for investing in renewable energy. This data is drawn from ...
Securing energy supply is a key challenge for most companies, and in Brazil renewable energy offers a cost-effective solution. Sao Paulo, Thursday 30 August 2012. Faber Castell, Autometal and Vale are among Brazil’s leading corporate procurers of renewable energy according to an index...
CLEAN ENERGY’S PUBERTY YEARS – BEWILDERING AND IRREVERSIBLE By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance “Between the idea And the reality Between the motion and the act Falls the Shadow” TS Eliot, The Hollow Men, 1925 These are difficult years for the clean energ...
Informed energy decision making requires effective software, high-quality input data, and a suitably trained user community. Developing these resources can be expensive and time consuming. Even when data and tools are intended for public re-use they often come with technical, legal, e...
The cost of carbon in California has risen sharply while the equivalent in the European Emissions Trading System has so far gained little from yesterday’s long-awaited reform proposals London, 26 July 2012 – A reduction in regulatory uncertainty in California, and concern about a nucl...
ABOUT BLOOMBERG NEW ENERGY FINANCE Bloomberg New Energy Finance is the world’s leading independent provider of news, data, research and analysis to decision makers in renewable energy, energy smart technologies, carbon markets, carbon capture and storage, and nuclear power. Bloomberg ...
ABOUT BLOOMBERG NEW ENERGY FINANCE Bloomberg New Energy Finance is the world’s leading independent provider of news, data, research and analysis to decision makers in renewable energy, energy smart technologies, carbon markets, carbon capture and storage, and nuclear power. Bloomberg ...
Informed energy decision making requires effective software, high-quality input data, and a suitably trained user community. Developing these resources can be expensive and time consuming. Even when data and tools are intended for public re-use they often come with technical, legal, e...
ABOUT BLOOMBERG NEW ENERGY FINANCE Bloomberg New Energy Finance is the world’s leading independent provider of news, data, research and analysis to decision makers in renewable energy, energy smart technologies, carbon markets, carbon capture and storage, and nuclear power. Bloomberg ...
Sunset Credit schemes offer an innovative approach to removing fossil fuel subsidies, avoiding the risk of popular discontent, while at the same time attracting investment for renewable energy and energy efficiency. This White Paper describes an innovative approach to removing fossil ...
White paper published ahead of Rio+20 meeting puts forward a novel approach for addressing the world’s $400bn-plus of annual fossil fuel subsidies Rio de Janeiro, 19 June 2012 – Michael Liebreich, chief executive of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, has published a white paper outlining a...
“Crowdfunding” allows early-stage companies, projects, and artistic ventures in the US to attract financing from the masses over the Internet and provides developing world microfinance initiatives a new avenue to secure capital. To date, crowdfunding has provided more than $500m for e...
