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  • Canadian Solar sells $60m solar plant to BluEarth

    21 August 2014

    Canadian Solar has sold another solar plant to independent renewable power producer BluEarth Renewables in a deal worth C$66.0 million ($60.3 million).

  • Foresight Solar eyes further share sales

    20 August 2014

    Foresight Solar Fund, the UK's largest listed solar energy fund, said it expects to raise further equity capital after assets funded by its existing £100 million ($166 million) debt facility become operational.

  • Greencoat takes majority stake in four more wind farms

    20 August 2014

    Greencoat UK Wind has bought a majority stake in four UK wind farms from subsidiaries of the New York-listed power company AES, for a total consideration of £90.6 million ($150 million).

  • UK tidal firm targets £50 million fundraise for project

    19 August 2014

    A technology company that develops marine turbines in the UK is planning a £50 million ($83.4 million) fundraise next year, to pay for its first full-scale project.

  • Starwood secures financing for 165MW Texas wind farm

    19 August 2014

    Starwood Energy Group, a private US investment firm specialising in energy infrastructure, has reached agreements with a group of banks to finance its second wind farm, a 165MW project in Texas.

  • Biomass project backed by John Laing and GIB issues £48m bond

    18 August 2014

    John Laing has backed its first combined heat and power (CHP) biomass plant, teaming up with the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) to invest £26 million ($43.5 million) in a project which is also issuing a £48 million bond.

  • Chinese solar firm Shunfeng wins $3.25bn credit line

    18 August 2014

    Shunfeng Photovoltaic International has agreed a credit facility of up to RMB20 billion ($3.25 billion) with China Minsheng Banking Corporation.

  • Greenlight Capital almost doubles stake in SunEdison

    15 August 2014

    US hedge fund Greenlight Capital almost doubled its holding in solar energy giant SunEdison in the three months ended 30 June, according to SEC filings on 14 August.

  • Solar firm in stock offering following strong results

    15 August 2014

    Solar company Enphase Energy Inc. is selling more than $33 million of shares in a public offering.

  • Carbon Tracker identifies potential stranded assets in oil majors

    15 August 2014

    Projected capital expenditure by Total and ExxonMobil is more heavily dependent on high oil prices than that of other oil majors, according to the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI), a financial think tank.