Investment

Government figures show renewables accounted for more than 14 per cent of total US electricity production in the first half of this year

SSE, Intelligent Energy and Scottish Energy back £800,000 funding round for Scottish combined heat and power specialist

Institutional investor makes latest move into the residential solar market with acquisition of 11.3MW portfolio from Zouk Capital

Burning Europe’s lignite reserves would wipe out carbon budget from 2020 until the end of the century, says Greenpeace

Sydney Morning Herald reports that university is to cease investments in Whitehaven Coal following Greenpeace campaign

Risk management giant aims to identify areas where environmental challenges can be turned into business opportunities

BBC reports that all mining licences awarded to coal firms between 1993 and 2010 have been deemed illegal

New report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance reveals huge scale of the challenge faced by global divestment campaign

Retail giant's venture capital arm snaps up stake in Scottish LED lighting start-up for undisclosed sum

Investors from popular BBC Two show take to public transport and share cars to slay show's fuel emissions