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October 14 2014

The evolving landscape for EPCs in US renewables

Executive summary Firms that provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services play a significant role in the US renewable energy industry. This report, commissioned by and with input from CohnReznick, analyzes significant themes and trends in the industry, EPC economics for solar and wind, market size projections of EPC services for these technologies, and the […]

October 7 2014

UK Energy Efficiency Trends – October 2014

This quarter Energy Efficiency Trends is focused on the UK market, showing essential insight for consumers and suppliers of non-domestic energy efficiency. Results suggest that market confidence is at an all-time high with an optimistic outlook.

October 2 2014

Clean energy investment – Q3 2014 fact pack

Slide Summary: 3- 6. Annual clean energy investment overview 7-20. Quarterly trends in clean energy: new investment 21-25. Quarterly trends in clean energy: funds in circulation 26-31. Clean energy indexes Download PDF

September 19 2014

The data behind the UN deadlock: a need-to-know guide

More than 120 government officials are heading to the UN Climate Summit in New York on 23 September. This infopack presents our emission and investment figures that we hope will spark constructive debate about the true ambition of country targets.

August 26 2014

Fossil fuel divestment: a $5 trillion challenge

Executive summary Oil & gas and coal companies form one of the world’s largest asset classes, worth nearly $5trn at current stock market values. In the past two years, dozens of public and private institutions have announced plans to divest fossil fuels from their portfolios – a movement one executive described as “one of the […]

June 5 2014

Green bonds market outlook 2014

A record $16.6bn of green bonds have been issued to-date in 2014, driven by a surge in corporate self-labelled issuance and sustained volumes from large international and supranational banks. At its current pace, total 2014 volume could surpass $40bn, triple the $14bn issued in 2013. Innovative asset-backed securities and new entrants to the corporate space […]

June 3 2014

EPA’s Clean Power Plan: 50 Chefs Stir the Pot

In its ground-breaking “Clean Power Plan” released 2 June, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to work with 49 states to slash the CO2 intensity of fossil-fuel power generation by 2030. The headlines were simple enough: US plans to cut its emissions 30% from 2005 levels. But what the regulation actually does is lay […]

May 16 2014

Modelling options for Australia’s RET review

Australia’s Renewable Energy Target is once again under review, with sweeping changes on the cards. This White Paper examines five possible scenarios for the policy and analyses the potential impact of these changes on renewable energy investment, capacity, power sector emissions, jobs and the cost to consumers. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Our modelling indicates that the current […]

May 6 2014

Hong Kong Fuel Mix Consultation Document

Hong Kong is in the midst of its Public Consultation on Future Fuel Mix for Electricity Generation, which will determine how Hong Kong powers its $260bn economy and 7.3m residents. The Hong Kong Environment Bureau’s Future Fuel Mix consultation paper gives two fuel mix options, which increase gas and nuclear consumption while reducing coal burn. However, the future options not included in the public consultation document are as important, if not more, than Hong Kong’s thermal power options. The consultation paper is the beginning of a serious inquiry into Hong Kong’s electricity future, but it is only that. Bloomberg New Energy Finance has filed the following document with the Hong Kong Environment Bureau as part of the public consultation. It places the Future Fuel Mix discussion in context of Hong Kong’s economy, and analyzes implications for renewable energy, energy efficiency, vehicle electrification, and future fuel future prices.

April 3 2014

Big Green Bucket: towards a large-scale refinance facility for clean energy debt

Publicly-owned entities such as development banks, multilateral financial institutions and export credit agencies are originating over $100bn of clean energy-related loans per year ‒ and have lent more than $400bn cumulatively since 2007. This paper describes a potential large-scale facility – dubbed “Big Green Bucket” (BGB) – aimed at enabling up to $25bn per annum […]