New Energy World Network: Connecting Investors, Innovators & Deal-Makers worldwide

Essential industry insights

cleantech --- renewables --- sustainability

Advanced
Search

Posts Tagged ‘carbon credits’

31 October 2011

UK investment firm to sell off series of renewable assetsp

A UK-based cleantech-focused investment company said it is targeting strategic sales of certain assets as it aims to return capital to shareholders.

23 February 2011

Europe may cut emissions quotas by up to 30 per cent

A leaked document suggests that Europe is considering raising its target for emissions cuts from 20 per cent (below 1990 levels) to 25 or even 30 per cent, according to Reuters.

23 February 2011

EU outlines enhanced carbon market security

The European Commission has released details of a number of measures it plans to take to prevent a repeat of January’s carbon permit thefts.

10 January 2011

Carbon Trade Exchange links with Winrock’s American Carbon Registry

The Carbon Trade Exchange and the American Carbon Registry are to establish an interface to promote the trading of voluntary carbon credits.

9 November 2010

Europe launches world’s largest low carbon investment competition

The world’s largest programme of investment in low carbon and renewable energy demonstration projects has been launched by the European Commission, which has issued an initial call for proposals.

25 October 2010

UK CRC proposals labelled as ‘one-dimensional tax’

Plans by the UK government to take £1bn from the sale of carbon credits under the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme have been described as a ‘one-dimensional tax on inefficiency’.

13 September 2010

‘Too early’ to raise Japan’s carbon tax, says utility

The president of Japan-based power utility Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), Masataka Shimizu, said it is too soon to raise the country’s carbon tax and indicated it would have to pass on the costs to customers if an increase was brought in by the government, according to reports.

1 September 2010

Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund signs first projects in Baltics

In its first transaction in Baltics, the Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and European Investment Bank, has agreed to buy carbon credits from a group of wind farms operated by OÜ Nelja Energia.

31 August 2010

Russia submits first project for UN emission reduction credits

Russia has submitted its first emission reduction project for registration under the Kyoto Protocol’s joint implementation mechanism, according to the United Nations (UN).

30 April 2010

UK renewable energy company Blue Sphere launches US biogas subsidiary

Blue Sphere Corporation, an emission reduction project integrator, has launched a new subsidiary, Blue Sphere USA, to implement its plan to enter the agricultural methane reduction business.

28 January 2010

Acciona’s Red Hills wind farm to be registered under Voluntary Carbon Standard

Spanish energy and infrastructure company Acciona Group's renewable energy subsidiary Acciona Energy's Oklahoma, US-based Red Hills wind farm is the first in the US to be validated and registered under the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), which provides a global standard for the approval of credible voluntary offsets.

4 January 2010

First African carbon credit scheme launched since Copenhagen

South African banking group, Old Mutual Group subsidiary Nedbank, and international non-governmental organisation Wildlife Works Incorporated, are to sign a multi-million pound agreement to launch the first African carbon credit scheme, according to the bank.

20 April 2009

UK government continues with its Carbon Offsetting Fund

The UK government will continue with its Carbon Offsetting Fund which seeks to offset emissions through the purchase of carbon credits.

26 November 2008

Zurich-based renewable energy investor AEG engages environmental finance company AGC to manage renewable projects

Alter Energy Group (AEG) has formally engaged Anemone Green Capital (AGC) to manage the Kyoto Protocol process for its renewable energy projects.

Legals & Terms of UsePrivacy Policy

NewNet is a trading name of New Energy World Network Ltd, registered in England (No. 06695690).
Registered Office: Zetland House, 5-25 Scrutton St, London EC2A 4HJ
Content is © New Energy World Network (NewNet) 2008-2012