Archive

  • Environmental services firm in €150m buy-out

    10 June 2013

    A multinational environmental solutions company has taken full ownership of a Latin American joint-venture in a €150 million deal.

  • Investors braced for further Spanish subsidy cuts

    07 June 2013

    Spain is expected to hit investors with further cuts to subsidies for renewables in a move that threatens to push some firms into default.

  • Solar sector eyes Saudi Arabia

    06 June 2013

    Renewable energy development in the Middle East is poised for dramatic growth, with Saudi Arabia particularly attractive for investment, solar industry specialists say.

  • EU-China solar trade agreement 'in sight' after Commission decision

    05 June 2013

    The European Commission's decision to impose lower-than-expected tariffs on Chinese solar imports has strengthened hopes that a trade war will be avoided, observers said.

  • Private solar trading platform launched

    05 June 2013

    An online solar photovoltaic marketplace has launched a new private trading platform for utility-scale projects.

  • Burmese opportunities

    04 June 2013

    As Myanmar opens for foreign investment, the opportunity to pursue a sustainable development pathway is within reach – if the climate finance flows can be achieved. Joshua Speckman looks at the opportunities for investors, and finds they are abundant

  • Bluefield plans £150m solar PV fund float

    30 May 2013

    A UK solar PV investment fund has announced plans to raise £150 million ($228 million) in a stock market listing.

  • New sustainability index family launched

    30 May 2013

    A new family of indexes has been launched to offer investors "more sustainable versions of standard global equity benchmarks".

  • Novel structure helps PensionDanmark support onshore wind project

    29 May 2013

    An innovative funding structure has enabled Danish pension fund PensionDanmark to participate in the debt financing of the €336 million ($435 million) Jadraas wind farm, the largest onshore wind project in the Nordic region.

  • IPO plans for New Zealand's Meridian advance

    28 May 2013

    The New Zealand government has moved forward with its plans for a billion-dollar public listing of renewable energy company Meridian Energy.