Many thanks for all your questions for Ian Simm, chief executive of Impax Asset Management. His answers will appear on this site on Friday, January 28th.
Next week, the person in the hotseat will be James Cameron, vice chairman of Climate Change Capital, the investment manager specialising in carbon markets and clean tech companies.
Cameron is also one of the green industry’s most high-profile advocates, and this is your chance to ask him about everything from the carbon price to the success of the Cancun climate talks. He will have just returned from Davos, so can give an insider’s view on all the wheeling, dealing and gossip that happened there.
Email all your questions to energysource@ft.com by the end of Sunday, January 30th.
At Chevron’s last shareholder meeting, five people were arrested. The company has for years now been having a hard time with protestors – particularly about a lawsuit about environmental damage allegedly left in Ecuador by one of the companies it acquired. And certainly the arrests of those who the company says were troublemakers at the meeting must have been a welcome turn of events for Chevron.
Yet it really has not worked out as Chevron might have hoped. There will likely be continued protests at its upcoming shareholder meeting.
The US Environmental Protection Agency unleashed a backlash against ethanol when it waived a limitation on selling gasoline that contains more than 10 per cent ethanol for cars with model years from 2001 through 2006.
The agency had been studying the impact of fuel that contains up to 15 per cent ethanol, known as E15, on older passenger vehicles (including cars, SUVs and light pickup trucks) after already approving its use in newer vehicles. It announced Friday that testing showed that E15 does not harm emissions control equipment. From Lisa Jackson, EPA administrator:
Whenever sound science and the law support steps to allow more home-grown fuels in America’s vehicles, this administration takes those steps.
A group of US investors have filed shareholder resolutions with nine oil and gas companies, pressing them to disclose plans for managing risks associated with the technology being used to extract gas from shale rock.
With the US Environmental Protection Agency investigating the risks; a New York State moratorium on use of the technology; and cases like the one being built against Range Resources in Texas, the resolutions are no surprise.
In this week’s readers’ Q&A session, Magued Eldaief, the head of GE’s UK energy business, answers your questions.
In this post, he discusses subsidies for carbon capture and storage, legislation to curb emissions and the future of smart metering.
Earlier, he answered questions on the future for nuclear power in northern Europe, wind power in the developing world and whether it is better to back small- or large-scale power generation projects.
Next in the hotseat is Iam Simm, chief executive of Impax Asset Management. He will be answering your questions next Friday, January 28th. Send in your questions for consideration by the end of Sunday, January 23rd to energysource@ft.com.
But for now, over to Magued:
In this week’s readers’ Q&A session, Magued Eldaief, the head of GE’s UK energy business, answers your questions.
In the first of two posts, he discusses the future for nuclear power in northern Europe, wind power in the developing world and whether it is better to back small- or large-scale power generation projects.
In the second post, he discusses subsidies for carbon capture and storage, legislation to curb emissions and the future of smart metering.
Next in the hotseat is Iam Simm, chief executive of Impax Asset Management. He will be answering your questions next Friday, January 28th. Send in your questions for consideration by the end of Sunday, January 23rd to energysource@ft.com.
But for now, over to Magued:
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As is becoming tradition with diplomatic affairs around the world, the Nordic-Baltic summit hosted by David Cameron over the past few days has brought with it announcements of new commercial deals.
On this occasion, it is the energy expertise of the northern European countries that the UK is keen to tap. Cameron announced on Thursday that both Vatenfall and Vestas will be creating new jobs in Britain.
Vantenfall will set up a new HQ in London, employing 50 people. The Swedish energy producer already runs Thanet, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, located off the Kent coast, and said on Wednesday it wants to develop another massive farm in the North Sea. A London HQ seems a natural step given this level of investment, and could quickly grow from 50 people.
Many thanks for all your questions for Ian Simm, chief executive of Impax Asset Management. His answers will appear on this site on Friday, January 28th.
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