FAN News and Press, First Trust Global Wind Energy From 11/11/21

Investor aversion to fossil fuels like oil and coal is only a subsidiary factor in today’s price crunch, which we expect will moderate next year as several temporary factors reverse. Companies are under pressure to return cash to shareholders and invest in energy transition bus...

Russia managed to formulate three climate principles ahead of COP26 that its delegation is promoting in Glasgow and, most likely, will continue to long after the summit ends. Russia has undergone a real green revolution in 2020–2021. Long-held skepticism with regard to global w...

At least 25% of today’s warming is driven by methane from human actions. One of the largest methane sources is the oil and gas industry. For this reason, some U.S cities and municipalities have begun prohibiting natural gas to new builds, including Vancouver, starting in 2030. ...

Traditional oil refiners, which historically generated their income from fossil fuels, have turned their attention to renewable diesel. Soybean oil is the largest vegetable oil globally and has drawn attention for its use in greater quantities to help meet more stringent environmental...

Hydrogen can be the clean energy of the future by solving our current problem with clean energy production today. Revolutionary change in the energy industry creates unique opportunities for long-term investors. Fuel cell companies and hydrogen transportation companies will benefi...

There were mixed climate reviews coming out of the G20 meeting this weekend, with some citing breakthroughs such as a commitment to stop financing new coal-fired power plants overseas and others saying the communique offered little specifics. Clean energy investors are now eyeing the COP26, a...

The climate portion of President Biden's $1.5T-$2T social spending plan is said to be "mostly settled" and would cost at least $500B, Axios reports. The environmental price tag likely would be the biggest component of the revamped reconciliation bill, and not far below the $600B proposed when...

Many companies are turning to carbon offsets to help meet their "net-zero" pledges, but tallying that data can be tricky. It gets even more complicated with regulatory reporting requirements of greenhouse-gas emissions, which are increasingly being seen in Europe and the U.S. Already, the SEC...

Tighter climate rules and low investment in baseload capacity will require revisiting taxonomy criteria to ensure a seamless bridge to a zero-carbon future. Europe’s solution to a lack of self-sustainability is to accelerate the deployment of renewables, which are largely recog...

As power demand continues to increase from the onset of COVID-19, power generation disruptions and a lack of infrastructure investment also have played a role in the recent surge. The Chinese government has recently ordered top state-owned energy companies - including coal, electricit...