Public or private? Financing the low-carbon economy

摘要

Private sector funding is failing energy policy objectives, says the EU, which has introduced public money to help the clean technology sector develop mature markets. Using renewable energy and new technologies instead of coal, oil and gas will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But the private sector is not responding adequately to the market challenge posed by climate change, say officials in Brussels. The EU - and the UK -is increasingly involved with the supply of capital to the cleantech market, much to the chagrin of some finance professionals.