Policy, investment and markets Features for May 2008

Policy, investment and markets Features Archive

EU directive: trading places EU directive: trading places

The convoluted (and complex) debate surrounding the trade of guarantees of origin for renewably-generated electricity in a target-driven EU policy landscape rumbles on. To trade or not to trade (and what’s legal and what isn’t?) that seems to be the thrust of the debate at present, as member states weigh up what the flexibility mechanism means for them.

CSP Power Tower technology CSP Power Tower technology

Stewart Taggart investigates the rise of the Power Tower, a Concentrating Solar Thermal Power generating technology which many experts think could be the way forward.