Energy transition
VC funds clean up
Investment in clean energy technology is attracting new venture capital money even as the traditional investors, electric utilities, are withdrawing. In the first of a two-part series, Catherine Lacoursière investigates the latest financing trends in…
Trading opinions
Energy risk professionals from all over Europe gathered in London last month at the Energy Risk Europe conference to debate the hottest topics facing the industry today. The Energy Risk team bring you some highlights
Biomass back on track
Generating power through biomass – corn, soybeans, trees, plants and animal waste – looks set to receive a boost in the US, after stagnation during the 1990s, finds Elisa Wood
Duke names spin-off
Duke Energy has announced that its existing natural gas business will be called Spectra Energy Corp when the operation becomes a stand-alone, publicly traded company, targeted for Jan. 1, 2007.
Barcap buys stake in energy investment firm
Barclays Capital has purchased a 40 per cent stake in energy investment firm NGP Capital Management.
Buyout creates largest US independent power transmission co
Michigan Electric Transmission Company has been acquired by ITC Holdings in an $865 million deal which creates the largest independent electricity transmission company in the United States , based on transmission load served.
Catching the wind
After a 20-year hiatus, the US wind power industry has grown rapidly in the past two years. Its future, however, depends on Congress drawing up clear, long-term legislation, finds Neil O'Hara
EECM and Coastal Partners launch offshore energy fund
New York-based Energy & Environment Capital Management (EECM) and Coastal Partners of the Bahamas will together launch an offshore version of the Energy & Environment Fund.
Case study - Do-it-yourself power
The Russian aluminium giant RUSAL aims to achieve 50% energy self-sufficient by 2013. It is partnering with governments and large players on hydro-projects in eastern Europe and central Asia and wants to move forward as both an energy and a metals…
UK Energy Review
The UK government's July Energy Review was generally welcomed for its stance on renewables, nuclear and carbon, but many market participants had been hoping for greater clarity
Jaime Roman, risk managing director, Endesa, Spain
Jaime Roman is chief financial officer and risk managing director at Spanish utility Endesa. Holding a PhD in Electrical Engineering, he was in academia before being approached to join Endesa in 1997
Burying a problem
As North American power generators prepare for a carbon-constrained world, new coal plants are being built with the option of installing carbon capture and storage technology. And the economics could be about to improve, finds Catherine Lacoursiere