Contracts for difference (CfD) are long-term contracts that help provide stable and predictable incentives for companies or investors to invest in low-carbon generation. Investopedia definition. Wikipedia page.
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In a recently published Arctic strategy, Barack Obama’s administration set out its vision for the vulnerable northern region. Nicky Stubbs examines what it might mean for...
William Shawcross, chairman of the Charity Commission, has warned against “disproportionate salaries” paid to top charity executives, after it emerged that 30 bosses of some of...
Radioactive water leaking into the sea from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan is an “emergency”, according to Shinji Kinjo, head of the country’s Nuclear Regulatory...
A large majority of the British public believes the government should financially back renewable energy, while almost half think fracking will damage the environment, according to...
Communities looking to develop medium-sized clean energy projects should be given energy bill discounts or an ownership stake in the infrastructure, according to a group of...
Sixty-eight years ago today, one of the most catastrophic and memorable acts of warfare occurred in Japan. To many looking in from the outside, the Hiroshima...
The number of criminal prosecutions for tax evasion in the UK has more than doubled in the last tax year, figures have revealed. However, it has...
Global warming is causing changes in the behaviour of marine species, and forcing many creatures to move north in search of cooler waters, says new research....
The world’s first scientifically produced burger was tasted for the first time by food critics on Monday, who described it as “close to meat”. The burger,...
Time and space – time to be alone, space to move about – these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow. Edwin Way Teale, 1956...
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Fixed income is where payments of a fixed amount are made on a fixed schedule. Investors who invest in the fixed income asset class will typically...
The Co-operative Bank has insisted that it has not completely closed the door to renewable energy projects – despite being forced to freeze lending to the...