Archive

  • Skystream raises funds to expand in US

    08 September 2014

    Skystream Markets, a provider of transaction services for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), has closed a funding round aimed at helping it expand in the US.

  • Northland Power buys majority stake in German offshore wind

    05 September 2014

    Northland Power has bought an 85% stake in three offshore wind projects off the coast of Germany.

  • Reuters launches ESG indices for European market

    03 September 2014

    Thomson Reuters has launched a suite of indices that measure the performance of European companies that it believes have superior environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices.

  • Ascent sells $8m shares to existing investors

    03 September 2014

    Ascent Solar Technologies has agreed to sell $8 million shares to two existing shareholders.

  • WWF climate change head to lead UK's Aldersgate Group

    02 September 2014

    The Aldersgate Group, a UK environmental pressure group, has appointed Nick Molho, head of climate change and energy policy at WWF-UK, as its new executive director.

  • Scottish Equity Partners launches £135m clean energy fund

    02 September 2014

    Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), a UK venture capital company, has raised £135 million ($223 million) for a new fund to invest in clean energy infrastructure.

  • First-half catastrophe losses fall to $21bn, says Swiss Re

    27 August 2014

    First-half catastrophe losses, both natural and man-made, are likely to cost the re/insurance market in the region of $21 billion, according to analysis by Swiss Re.

  • Hareon Solar expands in China, India and Turkey

    27 August 2014

    Hareon Solar Technology, one of the largest solar energy companies in China, has signed a series of deals to develop photovoltaic (PV) power plants in China, India and Turkey.

  • Danish pension fund plans further investments in offshore wind

    26 August 2014

    PKA, one of the largest pension fund managers in Denmark, will make further investments in offshore wind farms, said CEO Peter Damgaard Jensen.

  • World Bank sells $12m green bond to Merrill Lynch clients

    21 August 2014

    The World Bank has sold a $12 million green bond exclusively to clients of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.