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06 09 2019 | 12:12

A decade of renewable energy investment, led by solar, tops USD 2.5 trillion.

The decade of investment (2010-2019) quadruples renewables capacity from 414 GW to about 1,650 GW Solar capacity alone will have risen to more than 26 times the 2009 level — from 25 GW to an…

05 09 2019 | 08:13

Phyllis Wakiaga: Incentivizing waste management is the way to go.

The need to invest in new avenues of social income has become the driving force for new inventions in waste management. Over the years, industry has been tasked with identifying solutions to manage…

20 08 2019 | 09:49

The urgent case for green finance.

Existing sources of capital will not suffice to tackle climate change concerns. Here’s what needs to be done.

20 08 2019 | 09:21

Fossil fuel divestment effort slowly picking up steam.

Earlier this year, one of Meryam Omi’s deputies at Legal & General Investment Management sat down with board members and managers from Exxon Mobil Corp. to discuss how the oil giant could address…

19 08 2019 | 08:33

ADB’s Yoi: Development bank backing away from new coal investments in Indonesia.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said it is staying away from coal-related projects in Indonesia and continues to open itself to gas and renewable energy investments, joining the wave of…

13 08 2019 | 15:44

The World’s Wealthiest Family Gets $4 Million Richer Every Hour.

The 25 wealthiest dynasties on the planet control $1.4 trillion The numbers are mind-boggling: $70,000 per minute, $4 million per hour, $100 million per day. That’s how quickly the fortune of the…

09 08 2019 | 11:30

Renewable news from East Africa.

Diageo commits to a renewable future in Africa

07 08 2019 | 05:55

Poland hopes small producers will help it meet EU green energy goals.

Poland generates most of its electricity from coal, and the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party won 2015 general election partly on promises to sustain the coal industry.

04 08 2019 | 07:34

IEEFA report: BlackRock’s fossil fuel investments wipe US$90 billion in massive investor value destruction.

August 1, 2019 (IEEFA Asia Pacific)  ̶  BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager with US$6.5 trillion of assets under management – bigger in value than the third largest economy in the world –…

30 07 2019 | 17:41

Boosting private investment in the SDGs.

The Paris Climate Agreement and the Agenda 2030 represent an unprecedented consensus across the the world’s governments, to align our efforts on a comprehensive and ambitious development agenda.…

24 07 2019 | 15:07

African Development Bank approves new financing program for energy providers, 4.5 mln people in sub-Saharan Africa to benefit from off-grid power by 2025.

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, July 12, 2019 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved an innovative multinational financing program for Distributed Energy Service…

23 07 2019 | 11:02

EU to invest in Nigeria’s renewable energy entrepreneurs.

The European Union (EU) is set to invest in entrepreneurial ideas that will boost renewable energy in Nigeria. Amb. Ketil Karlsen, Head of the EU Delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of…

15 07 2019 | 15:50

Thai Oil Giant Boosts Renewables Funding Over 'Uncertain' Crude Outlook.

Thai energy conglomerate PTT Pcl is boosting investments in electricity generation, particularly renewables, given what it says is a “highly uncertain” outlook for oil over the next year.

15 07 2019 | 15:27

China has slashed clean energy funding by 39%, leading a global decline.

Worldwide funding of clean-energy projects fell to its lowest level in six years, in a staggering blow to the battle against climate change. The findings: BloombergNEF found that global investments…

08 07 2019 | 16:29

New European Solar Installations To Double Over Next 3 Years, Surpass 250 Gigawatts.

New European solar installations are expected to double over the next three years, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, and will push installed capacity over the 250…

03 07 2019 | 09:02

Renewable news from East Africa.

Kenyan project among Ashden Awards winners

01 07 2019 | 09:56

Europe’s biggest subsidy-free solar project’ nears completion in Portugal.

Chinese manufacturer Jetion Solar has supplied 221 MW of its polycrystalline modules to the scheme, which is being developed by Irish firm WElink Energy with state-owned China National Building…

01 07 2019 | 09:28

A Family Divesting From Fossil Fuels To Invest In A Green Future.

Oil and gas companies have been up for a bumpy ride as more investment funds divest from fossil fuels. It is not only institutional investors such as the Norwegian sovereign fund doing so, but also…

28 06 2019 | 14:56

Exclusive: Investors with $34 trillion demand urgent climate change action.

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors managing more than $34 trillion in assets, nearly half the world’s invested capital, are demanding urgent action from governments on climate change, piling pressure on…