Results for: solar

April 5 2012

BNEF Chief Executive Michael Liebreich’s VIP Comment: it’s the politics, stupid

Locating the fifth Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York last week offered two big advantages. One was being at the heart of capitalism because, despite the economic turmoil of the past few years, it will still be private capital that delivers the wherewithal for the world’s shift to clean energy. The other was that it forced the event to focus on the biggest challenges and most difficult markets in clean energy in 2012.

February 29 2012

Weak demand takes the bite out of the British capacity crunch

Executive Summary This latest analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that weak power demand, high levels of new build and life extensions for nuclear plants will mean that the UK should be able to keep the lights on the rest of this decade.

September 26 2011

Global Trends In Renewable Energy Investment 2011 Report

Foreword from Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director Investments in renewable energies, from wind and solar power to geothermal and waste-into-energy, continuedtheir remarkable growth in 2010.

June 28 2011

Global Corporate Renewable Energy Index 2011 (CREX)

Executive Summary The world’s largest corporations have become increasingly important in promoting the deployment of renewable energy sources across the globe. This report brings transparency to these corporate actions and ranks companies according to their voluntary renewable energy procurement over the last two years. The ranking is called the global Corporate Renewable Energy Index (CREX).

June 17 2011

Bloomberg New Energy Finance 2011 Summit Results Book

Foreword Welcome to our special publication documenting the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit that took place in New York between 4 and 7 April 2011.

April 27 2011

2011 Solar Leadership Forum – The Results Book

Foreword Welcome to this special publication documenting the first Solar Leadership Forum, held at the Carneros Inn in Napa, California 2-3 February 2011.

March 31 2011

Liebreich: Risk – The Big Mispricing; and on a Heroic Scale

By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance Twitter: @MLiebreich How many times have we heard institutional investors explain – often in their talking-to-children voice – that the reason they do not invest in clean energy is that they dislike sectors with policy risk? In the light of events in the past year, perhaps […]

March 29 2011

Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2010 Edition

Executive Summary The clean energy race is on. The investment and finance data presented in this report show that countries are jockeying for a leadership position in this growing and increasingly competitive sector. Countries with clear, consistent and constructive clean energy policies are powering investment forward.

March 3 2011

Bloomberg New Energy Finance League Table Results 2010

Introduction 2010 – Global financial investment in clean energy rebounds to signal recovery from recession.

January 26 2011

Liebreich: 2011 Preview: A Year of Falling Costs and Rising Valuations?

By Michael Liebreich Chief Executive Bloomberg New Energy Finance Twitter: @MLiebreich So the new year is up and running, and as is customary, this is the point at which I have to take a stand and put down on paper what I think it is going to bring for our sector. Overall my guess is […]