Abengoa in unusual deal for $279m yieldco convertible notes
In an unusual transaction, Abengoa will issue $279 million of two-year convertible notes which will convert…
Corporate,Debt,Equity,Renewables
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In an unusual transaction, Abengoa will issue $279 million of two-year convertible notes which will convert…
Corporate,Debt,Equity,Renewables
Bluefield Solar Income Fund confirmed it is on target to pay a 7p (10.8 cents) dividend this year despite…
Equity,Renewables
Industry and NGOs have given a mixed reception to the European Commission’s new proposals to improve…
Carbon,Policy,Renewables
Solar energy construction in the UK is set to be decimated after the technology failed to compete with…
Policy,Renewables
Renewable energy firm Northland Power plans to raise C$270 million ($217 million) in equity sales to…
Corporate,Equity,Renewables
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) gave shareholders a 7.5% return last year, according to its…
Debt,Equity,Renewables
Industry and investor groups have welcomed yesterday’s vote by the EU Parliament’s environment committee…
Carbon,Investors,Policy
Emma Howard Boyd will take over as chair of responsible investment charity ShareAction in April.
People
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has further expanded its range of green bonds, with its first issue…
Debt,Green Bonds
US firms First Solar and SunPower are in negotiations to launch the world’s first ‘joint yieldco’ to…
Corporate,Equity,Renewables
Abengoa Yield has announced “solid” results for 2014, and will pay a dividend of nearly 5% this year.
Corporate,Equity,Renewables
Greencoat UK Wind said its "steady" results for 2014 have highlighted its resilience to falling oil prices.
Equity,Renewables
A solar and wind yieldco spun out of Spanish infrastructure and energy firm Actividades de Construcción…
Equity,Renewables
Macquarie has agreed to finance a 29MW solar project in the UK.
Corporate,Debt,Investors,Renewables
German utility E.On has sold its 49MW portfolio of seven solar energy plants in Italy to an Italian infrastructure…
Equity,Investors,Renewables
BlackRock has formed an “infrastructure partnership” with EDF Renewables to acquire equity in a series…
Corporate,Equity,Investors,Renewables
NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has raised an additional £61.4 million ($94.3 million) by issuing 59.75…
Equity,Renewables
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to spur a boom in renewables. Charles Yates looks at the opportunity – and some of the challenges – that lie ahead
Renewables
The recent rally in EU carbon prices faltered last week, amid renewed uncertainty over the proposed Market Stability Reserve. All eyes are now on the EU environment committee’s MSR vote on Tuesday, says Louis Redshaw
Carbon,Policy
The European Commission’s plan to unify capital markets announced this week can benefit renewables and energy efficiency firms, argues Martin Schoenberg
Investors,Policy,Renewables
The oil rout and the intensifying stranded assets debate have boosted investor interest in low-carbon indexes. What are the differences between the growing number of products on offer, and how are they performing? Sophie Robinson-Tillett reports
Equity,Investors,Stranded Assets
Glennmont Partners is one of Europe’s largest clean energy investors, having raised €937 million since 2009. CEO Joost Bergsma tells Graham Cooper how the firm – and the market – has evolved.
Corporate,Investors,Markets,Renewables
As climate negotiators meet in Geneva, Dirk Forrister argues that businesses have a key role to play helping shape policy on the road to Paris
Carbon
Ditching fossil fuels was a catalyst for outperforming its benchmark, says Erin Gray
Equity,Investors
Carbon is well and truly back on the agenda for the aviation sector in 2015. Airlines should prepare for the risk that the price of emission allowances could lift significantly in coming years, argue Louis Redshaw and Julien Dufour.
Carbon
A Market Stability Reserve (MSR) has been proposed to deal with the oversupply of allowances that has depressed prices and trading activity in the EU emissions trading system (ETS) in recent years. Several designs for the MSR have been proposed, with varying impacts on EUA prices, say analysts at ICIS Tschach Solutions in a new White Paper.
Carbon,Markets
Green Climate Fund,
Location: South Korea
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 20 March 2015
The Green Climate Fund is looking for a Special Assistant to play a key role in supporting the Executive Director
Green Climate Fund,
Location: South Korea
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 16 March 2015
The Green Climate Fund is offering a unique opportunity to be part of a start-up in international climate finance that offers stimulating challenges.
Natural Capital Declaration (Global Canopy Programme),
Location: Oxford, London or Geneva
Salary: Circa £20,000
Closing date: 10 March
The Natural Capital Declaration (NCD), a joint initiative between Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), is seeking a Research Associate well-versed in investment and banking/credit products in the financial sector.
Growing investor demand for catastrophe exposure is helping the insurance sector change how it manages natural disaster risk, Barney Schauble of Nephila Advisors tells Environmental Finance