Category: Report

March 6 2008

New Energy Finance 2007 Clean Energy League Tables

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Clean Energy League Tables are the most transparent and comprehensive benchmarks for identifying active clean energy investors, project financiers, investment banks and law firms.

September 11 2007

How to save the planet: be Nice, Retaliatory, Forgiving and Clear

Executive Summary The Kyoto Protocol is due to expire in 2012. Conventional wisdom – especially among its fans – is that without agreement on a successor treaty the world will spiral into ever-increasing emissions and climate catastrophe will follow. New Energy Finance disagrees.

June 21 2007

Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2007

Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2007 is the first edition of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report. Based on data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, it has become the standard reference for global clean energy investment figures.

June 8 2007

New Energy Finance 2006 Clean Energy League Tables

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Clean Energy League Tables are the most transparent and comprehensive benchmarks for identifying active clean energy investors, project financiers, investment banks and law firms.

May 12 2007

Venture Capital and Private Equity Overview

A global overview of VC/PE investment in clean energy from 2001 to 2007.

April 17 2007

Falling Behind – Europe’s Clean Energy Venture Capital and Private Equity Deficit

Executive Summary Europe is being left behind in the race for technological leadership in clean energy as venture capital and private equity investors focus on opportunities in the US and Asia.

April 16 2007

New Energy Finance Testimony to the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Japanese

Japanese version of the written testimony to the United States Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources on the Financing of Renewable Energy and Low-Carbon Technology, by Bloomberg New Energy Finance Chief Executive Michael Liebreich.

March 7 2007

New Energy Finance Testimony to the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Written testimony to the United States Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources on the Financing of Renewable Energy and Low-Carbon Technology FOREWORD BY MICHAEL LIEBREICH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE In 2006, renewable energy and low-carbon technology industries set a record with more than $100bn worth of financing transactions. Of this, $70.9bn was new investment, an increase of 43% over 2005. The remaining $29.5bn consisted of mergers and acquisition activity, leveraged buyouts and refinancings of assets. As of March 2007, there is no shortage of capital available for new energy ventures and projects, either globally or in the US.

January 3 2007

AIM for the Stars – Analysis of Investment Returns from Clean-Energy Companies Quoted on AIM

Executive Summary London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) is attracting attention from clean energy companies and their advisors around the world as being the ideal market on which to undertake an initial public offering (IPO). But how are investors faring in this rush to raise financing? New Energy Finance has taken a close look at all 78 fundraising transactions completed since 2001 by the 50 AIM-Quoted clean energy companies and funds, and found marked differences in performance between different groups of companies and deals (for a full list of companies and funds included, see Appendix I).

September 22 2006

Global Clean Energy Investment Overview – Prepared for the Clinton Global Initiative New York 2006

Executive Summary Investment in renewable energy and low carbon technology has more than doubled in the last two years. $48.9bn was invested globally in clean energy in 2005, up 62% from $30.1bn in 2004, making up around 10% of all investment in the energy industry worldwide. New Energy Finance estimates that this figure will grow by a further 30% to $63.3bn in 2006.