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  • BlackRock agrees £36m deal for UK wind

    10 October 2014

    BlackRock has paid £36 million ($58 million) for two wind farms in the UK.

  • Greenko borrows $125m from EIG for renewables projects

    09 October 2014

    Indian renewables firm Greenko has borrowed $125 million from EIG Global Energy Partners.

  • SunEdison and Terraform buy Hudson Solar's assets

    09 October 2014

    SunEdison has teamed up with its yieldco, TerraForm Power, to acquire a portfolio of assets from a third-party renewables firm.

  • Low-carbon transition to benefit finance system – report

    09 October 2014

    Governments, not private investors, will bear the majority of stranded asset costs caused by efforts to meet climate targets, while a transition to low-carbon energy may boost the finance sector's investment capacity, says research.

  • Canadian Solar secures loan for new plant

    08 October 2014

    Canadian Solar has agreed a C$51 million ($46 million) loan to finance the construction of a solar plant.

  • 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.

  • 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.