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  • 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.

  • £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.

  • Abengoa raises €1.4bn of debt

    01 October 2014

    Abengoa has raised €1.4 billion of debt from 20 investors.

  • New study will examine emerging risks facing energy finance

    01 October 2014

    A study into the changing risks facing investments in energy infrastructure has been launched by the World Energy Council in partnership with the re/insurance company Swiss Re and advisory firm Marsh & McLennan.

  • SunEdison secures $50m project financing for solar plant in Jordan

    01 October 2014

    US solar energy giant SunEdison has signed a $50 million project financing agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a solar energy plant in Jordan.

  • Egyptian bank pays $208m for 49% of French wind energy firm

    01 October 2014

    EFG Hermes, a Cairo-based investment bank with $3.6 billion in assets under management, has bought a 49% stake in EDPR France, a major wind farm developer, for $208 million.

  • Scatec Solar gets IPO away at NOK19 per share

    01 October 2014

    Scatec Solar completed its IPO in a move that valued the company at NOK1.783 billion ($277 million) and raised NOK500 million to fuel its expansion plans.

  • Greentech Capital launches funds operation

    30 September 2014

    Greentech Capital Advisors (GCA), a specialist US investment bank, is launching an asset management business and has appointed David Smith from Gabelli Asset Management to lead the new activity.

  • Impax secures €106m project finance for Finnish wind project

    30 September 2014

    Impax Asset Management has agreed a €106 million ($133 million) project financing deal with Germany's KfW IPEX-Bank for a 51MW wind farm in Finland.