Tracking renewables investors into the wild

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Renewable energy investing has been a booming business for the past five years with significant swathes of wind and solar generators now competing head on with heavyweight incumbents across the globe. We expect this trend to continue, however, the withdrawal of subsidies has prompted a change in investment style and direction to maintain attractive risk-adjusted […]

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Capacity Market freezes – whatever next?

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The Capacity Market (“CM”) auction and all payments due under the mechanism have been frozen following a ruling by the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) revoking State Aid clearance. The implications for existing and new build projects relying on Capacity Market payments is significant and undermines a multitude of investment decisions made across the UK […]

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Offshore wind power: will auctions in the Netherlands give the UK some Dutch courage?

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The announcement that Dong Energy has won the rights to develop the Borselle 1 & 2 offshore wind projects in the Netherlands did not come as a surprise to many observers: the Danish utility is the undisputed world leader in offshore wind development. However, the price at which it did so, €72.70 per megawatt-hour, was […]

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Insurers join the race to make the world a better place

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Whichever news outlet you looked at over the Christmas period, one thing dominated… the weather:  From a continual onslaught of flooding in the UK, severe storms and tornadoes in the U.S. to a searing heatwave in Australia. With the recent warning from NASA that the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as […]

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Protect your assets with green investments and avoid the risk of value erosion

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With the ever growing emphasis on sustainability, green investments will become a focus point over the next decade as a means to avoid value erosion. It is clear that green investments are the best way forward. Otherwise, occupiers who look to chase costs through lower rental values will be hit by higher operational costs of […]

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Zero Carbon – Not a New Fridge

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I would like to reflect on Rob’s points regarding the residential sector and zero carbon targets, but focus instead on the commercial sector. Obviously, we all know and recognise that our buildings contribute enormously to CO2 emissions and that there is a big opportunity to tackle climate change through modifying the built environment. Policy levers […]

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The Power of Two Wheels

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The recently implemented Barclays cycle hire scheme seems to be a big success within London. As a cyclist myself, I am seeing large numbers of people riding these bikes through Hyde Park in the mornings and evenings.  Whether this will continue into the winter months remains to be seen, but it leads me to think […]

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