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  • SPI Solar completes $43.8 million private placement

    08 October 2014

    Renewable energy developer SPI Solar has sold shares to a Chinese real estate investor for $43.8 million.

  • Investment firms reach financial close on 300MW US wind farm

    07 October 2014

    Capital Dynamics and Prudential Capital Group have reached financial close on a 300MW onshore wind project in Texas.

  • Profile of Hannon Armstrong: A sustainable yield

    06 October 2014

    With its equity raisings, REIT structure and asset-backed securitisations, Hannon Armstrong is at the cutting edge of financing the transition to a low-carbon economy in the US. Its CEO Jeffrey Eckel tells Peter Cripps why mainstream investors are increasingly embracing its formula of sustainability and strong yields

  • Sumitomo buys stakes in North Sea offshore wind

    06 October 2014

    Japanese corporation Sumitomo has made its first investment in European renewable energy, buying shares in two offshore wind projects in the North Sea.

  • Divestment campaigns 'won't cause fossil fuel share price collapse - yet'

    03 October 2014

    Divestment campaigns will fail to bring about a rapid collapse in the value of fossil fuel companies, but they demonstrate a strong will to embrace renewables that will revolutionise the energy sector, analysts have forecast.

  • Eight Danish investors commit DKK8bn to infra fund

    03 October 2014

    A group of Danish institutional investors has committed DKK8 billion ($1.4 billion) to a fund that will finance infrastructure projects including wind farms and biomass power plants.

  • NRG buys third company for 'Home Solar' brand

    03 October 2014

    NRG Energy has made another acquisition in its bid to create a "one-stop shop" for residential solar in North America.

  • Can rooftop solar live up to expectations?

    02 October 2014

    Could advances in batteries and electric vehicles help solar PV go from strength to strength, asks Peter Cripps

  • £95m increase in UK CfD pot fails to stave off criticism

    02 October 2014

    The UK government was accused of making "serious strategic mistakes" in the way it had overhauled its renewables subsidy regime today – despite announcing a £95 million increase in the support available.

  • Vivint Solar floats at lower end of target, raising $329m

    02 October 2014

    Vivint Solar has floated on the New York Stock Exchange, at the lower end of its price range.