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  • China solar energy giant aims to raise $774m from new share issue

    27 May 2014

    Shunfeng Photovoltaic International, China's largest independent solar energy company, plans to issue HK$6 billion ($774 million) of new shares to fund more utility-scale and distributed solar PV projects.

  • Investors must look deeper at carbon risks, says S&P

    23 May 2014

    Investors have been urged to broaden their understanding of carbon price risk and its impact on credit ratings, in a report by Standard & Poor's (S&P).

  • KfW and Helaba finance Canadian onshore wind farms

    19 May 2014

    German wind farm developer wpd has announced the financial close of a public-private fundraising round to enable the construction of two new projects in Canada.

  • Clean energy accounts for 30% of EBRD investments

    19 May 2014

    Almost 30% of investments by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) last year were for renewable energy, energy efficiency and other responses to climate change.

  • Sunrun raises $150m in equity

    16 May 2014

    Rooftop solar leasing firm Sunrun has secured $150 million in its latest round of equity fundraising.

  • UK plans to cut large-scale solar subsidies

    13 May 2014

    The UK government looks set to reduce support for solar photovoltaic farms with generating capacity of 5MW or higher from next year, in a move that has been described by the Solar Trade Association (STA) as a "crippling blow" to the progress of the sector.

  • Market for 'smart city' technologies to double by 2020, says Navigant

    13 May 2014

    Investment in technologies associated with 'smart cities' is likely to more than double from less than $10 billion/year today to more than $20 billion/year by 2020, according to consultancy Navigant Research.

  • SunEdison raises funds for its biggest US project

    29 April 2014

    SunEdison has secured financing to support the construction of its largest North American solar project to date.

  • 'Landmark' initiative to boost private finance for conservation

    29 April 2014

    JP Morgan Chase has thrown its weight behind a new 'landmark' initiative to unlock private finance for conservation.

  • Google agrees its largest renewables deal

    25 April 2014

    Google has agreed its largest ever purchase of renewable energy, buying up to 407MW of wind power from MidAmerican Energy Holdings.