Investment

A catastrophic breakdown of human systems. A rapid collapse of the economic, social and political world as we know it. A worldwide financial breakdown far worse than the one in the late noughties.

In this guest blog, Prajeev Rasiah, Executive Vice President and Regional Manager, Northern Europe, Middle East & Africa, DNV GL, explains how understanding the risks of the market can help investors make wise choices.

Sean Whittaker, Senior Renewable Energy Specialist at International Finance Corporation, spoke to A Word About Wind about the risks investors should be aware of when entering new markets, and the role of IFC in de-risking them.

Ahead of Financing Wind Europe on 1st November, we spoke to the Carbon Trust about the benefits and drawbacks of competitive auctions in European wind.

The rollback of subsidies poses problems for investment in renewable energy projects - and PPAs may not be the whole answer. Justin Fitzhugh, Partner at Augusta & Co and speaker at Financing Wind Europe, explains the issue.

CEO of Element Power, Mike O'Neill, explains why the changing nature of the renewables market means investors will need to change tactics to keep pace.

On 1st November, we're hosting our annual European conference, Financing Wind. We've booked a top line-up of speakers to discuss European investment trends, the PPA boom and changes to the offshore market, plus plenty more. We'll be announcing further speakers over the coming weeks.

French secretary of state for ecology, Sébastien Lecornu, set out a ten-point plan in January 2018 to reduce wind development times in France - but we've not seen much progress since then. What are the remaining challenges for French wind developers and investors?

Big corporates including telecom giant AT&T, and tech giants Facebook and Google, have driven wind power purchase agreements in the US over the last year, despite the lack of support to the sector from President Donald Trump. Here's our overview of the most significant deals.

Greencoat Capital managing partner Richard Nourse told editor Richard Heap about his views on overseas investment, Brexit and storage at Quarterly Drinks this month.

Lloyd’s Register has published its latest Technology Radar report, in which it asked nearly 800 industry experts share their views on when wind and solar energy should reach parity on price with conventional fossil fuels. Which will be first?

This year the global green bonds market could top $100bn. That’s an awful lot of money, and an awful lot of potential investment in renewables projects including wind farms.