Environment
Alcoa Gets Energy Chill From Australia's $130 Billion Natural Gas Boom Australia is attracting more than
$130 billion of investment in some of the world’s richest
natural gas fields to supply buyers in Japan and China. Domestic
customers, including Alcoa Inc., will have to wait.
Wind, Solar Energy Share Offers May Rise This Year, Morgan Stanley Says Renewable energy companies may tap
financial markets for more funds this year instead of looking to
mergers with utilities as a way of funding expansion, said
Morgan Stanley, manager of the most initial public offerings for
the industry in 2009.
RBS Cuts Loans to Renewable Energy Projects, Snubbing Brown's Initiatives Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc,
historically the biggest commercial lender for renewable energy
projects, has scaled back loans to the industry since the U.K.
government bailed out the company in 2008.
Hungary Says Big Trader Bought Used Credits From UN, Rattles CO2 Market One of “the biggest trading
houses” in Europe bought used UN credits from Hungary before
they re-entered the bloc’s emissions market, Hungarian Energy
Power Kft said, raising new concerns about carbon trading.
Smart Energy's Lang Bets Against Hedge Funds to Repeat 83 Percent Gain The top-ranked investor in
renewable energy last year is betting hedge funds are wrong.
Enel Will Ask Banks to Bid to Arrange Green Power Share Sale, Conti Says Enel SpA plans to seek banks this
month to advise on the initial public offering of its renewable
energy unit, likely to be Europe’s largest since 2007.