31 News & Press Releases found
Bloomberg New Energy Finance News
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US Power Sector Emissions Poised To Fall To Two-Decade Low In Transformative Year
This should prove to be a watershed year for the “de-carbonization” of the US power sector, with record volumes of coal-fired capacity to be shuttered, renewables capacity to be built, and natural gas to be consumed. The result, ...
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Factbook: U.S. trend toward sustainable energy continued in 2014
The United States saw continued growth in renewable energy, natural gas and energy efficiency in 2014, according to the third annual Sustainable Energy in America Factbook. The Factbook shows that U.S. deployment of sustainable energy ...
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Webinar: Climatescope 2014 (In Collaboration with CSIS
The CSIS Energy and National Security Program is pleased to host a presentation of the recently released Climatescope 2014. The Climatescope is a unique country-by-country assessment, interactive report and index that evaluates the investment ...
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As US renewable energy industry changes, top-ranked EPC firms will need to adapt to keep pace
With US renewable energy capacity (excluding hydropower) expected to double by 2021, the firms that provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for solar and wind projects will need to adapt to the economic realities of a ...
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Clean energy investment at risk from Scottish referendum vote
A vote by Scotland in favour of independence from the UK would be likely to damage clean energy investment, at least in the short term, as developers and banks are gripped by uncertainty over the future shape of the power market and incentives for ...
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Fossil fuel divestment is a $5 trillion challenge
Oil, gas and coal companies make up one of the world’s largest liquid asset classes, with a combined stock market valuation of nearly $5trn. In the past two years, dozens of public and private institutions have announced plans to divest their ...
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UK capacity market will benefit old coal, not new gas
The UK government’s new capacity market, which will support electricity generating plants that can be switched on to deal with shortages and so help to prevent black-outs, will prolong the lives of some of the country’s coal fleet. These ...
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European Renewable Energy Investment Set to Surge By 2030 on Back of Nearly $1 Trillion of Investment
The next decade and a half will see renewable energy raise its share of European electricity generation capacity from 40% in 2012, to 60% in 2030, while the share of fossil-fuel sources such as coal and gas falls from 48% to 27%, according to a ...
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Electricity Prices to Surge and Power Companies to Profit if Renewable Target Scrapped
Scrapping or reducing Australia’s Renewable Energy Target would shelve AUD 12-21bn of investment in clean energy, cut 7,000-11,000 future jobs in wind and solar industries every year, lead to higher power prices for consumers and deliver power ...
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Stronger First Quarter for Global Investment in Clean Energy
Investment in clean energy worldwide rallied nearly 10% in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period a year earlier, reaching $47.7bn. The first-quarter figure owed much to a 42% jump in investment in small-scale solar, as households ...
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Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014 is the seventh edition of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report. Based on data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, it has become the world’s foremost reference document on ...
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10 Companies Chosen as 2014 New Energy Pioneers
Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the provider of unique analysis, tools and data for decision makers driving change in the energy system, today announced its selection of the 2014 New Energy Pioneers. The winners were recognized on stage at the seventh ...
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Rules on efficiency, emissions to squeeze California gasoline demand
California may cut its transport fuel consumption by more than a billion gallons per year by 2020 as a result of policy initiatives and local support for electric and high-efficiency vehicles, according to research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. ...
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Clean energy investment falls for second year
Global investment in clean energy was $254bn last year, down from a revised $288.9bn in 2012 and the record $317.9bn of 2011, according to the latest authoritative figures from research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The reduced volume of ...
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World Clean Energy Investment Heads for Second Successive Annual Fall
Global investment in clean energy was $45.9bn in the third quarter of 2013, down 14% on the second quarter of this year and 20% below the number for Q3 2012, according to the latest data on deals and projects compiled by research company Bloomberg ...
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Development banks finance record amount in clean energy
Clean energy financing by the world’s development banks increased 19% last year to break through the $100bn-a-year barrier for the first time. The top three banks were Germany’s KfW, China Development Bank and the Brazilian Development ...
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China’s power sector heads towards a cleaner future
China’s power capacity will more than double by 2030 and renewables including large hydro will account for more than half of new plants, eroding coal’s dominant share and attracting investment of $1.4 trillion. China’s power sector ...
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Insurance business to ride renewable energy wave
The report, commissioned by Swiss Re, looked at six of the world’s leading markets for solar and wind, namely Australia, China, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Depending on the scenario, insurance premium volumes in ...
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Caldecott joins Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Move deepens company’s offering for governments, international institutions and energy sector clients Ben Caldecott, one of the UK’s thought-leaders on energy and climate change issues, is joining research firm Bloomberg New Energy ...
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US, China, South Africa lead rebound in clean energy investment
Second quarter investment rises 22% compared to Q1, but shrunken figure for Europe ensures that world total stays below that for Q2 last year Global investment in clean energy was $53.1bn in the second quarter of 2013, up 22% from the first quarter ...