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An investment fund, which supports the green refurbishment of UK commercial properties, has raised £100 million.
There are potentially big savings to be made by businesses that invest in energy efficiency upgrades. But how does a company know which are the right ones to invest in and how will it be able to afford to pay for them anyway? James Axtell, investment director of clean energy at Ingenious, talks to Louise Bateman about the group's new Energy Efficiency EIS Fund – which he claims has the solution to both problems.
Investors were being invited to back two of the UK’s most commercially advanced marine energy projects, today, as details of the country’s first marine energy park – stretching from Bristol to the Isles of Scilly – were unveiled.
Global investment in clean energy reached a new high of $260 billion (£169 billion) last year – despite the financial crisis and the anti-environment agenda of Republicans in the US Congress, a United Nations investors' summit was told on Thursday.
Businesses and individuals are increasingly turning away from traditional bank funding to new innovative sources of finance, according to the UK investment boss of Dutch ethical bank Triodos.
Ecotricity’s second Ecobond has smashed its subscription target by more than 60 per cent, proving this innovative green financial product is striking a chord with the UK general public.
The £3 billion Green Investment Bank will help kick-start the Green Deal, the Government’s flagship energy efficiency policy for homes and businesses, Vince Cable confirmed today.
A £5 billion national infrastructure plan unveiled by Gorge Osborne today to get Britain growing has given the go-ahead to 35 major projects and indentified a total of 500 it wants to see built, many of which are carbon-intensive road projects.
Government Ministers are meeting with investors today to make the case for offshore wind as "a stable, long-term and lucrative investment opportunity".
Protesters have claimed a victory after the Royal Bank of Scotland pulled out of a major sponsorship deal with the UK's largest campaign to combat climate change.
An escalation of the Eurozone crisis could lead to a £3 billion UK climate change funding gap, according to a report by Ernst & Young.
Global annual spend on renewable energy is set to double by 2020, but sovereign debt problems in Europe will see it lose market share, according to new research by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
A €220 million (£188 million) investment has been secured from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the manufacturer of the Nissan LEAF electric car in Sunderland.
Green energy company Ecotricity will today launch a second issue of its popular 'Ecobonds’.
Europe’s largest engineering conglomerate, Siemens, has given UK marine energy a further vote of confidence, upping its stake in pioneering tidal energy company Marine Current Turbine (MCT).