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  • NRG Yield announces $500m stock offering to fund Alta acquisition

    23 July 2014

    NRG Yield, the company spun off last year by NRG Energy, is planning a public offering of 10.5 million Class A shares to help fund its purchase of the 947MW Alta Wind facility in California.

  • Yieldco trend in renewables set to continue

    08 July 2014

    As yieldcos continue to spring up in the renewable energy sector, KBI's Colm O'Connor tells Sophie Robinson-Tillett it is a sign of acceptance by mainstream investors, and explains why he is investing in their parent companies.

  • Updated: Abengoa raises $829m in upsized yieldco IPO

    13 June 2014

    Cleantech engineering firm Abengoa has raised $828.9 million through floating a 'yieldco' after upsizing the scale and pricing of the listing.

  • Gamesa in 'milestone' financing deal with Chinese bank

    05 June 2014

    Spanish firm Gamesa claims to be the first non-Chinese wind turbine maker with a presence in China to secure finance from a Chinese bank.

  • Abengoa targets raising up to $691m in yieldco float

    02 June 2014

    Cleantech engineering firm Abengoa has said it hopes to raise up to $691 million by floating a 'yieldco' on the NASDAQ.

  • Abengoa secures 25% interest in Chinese water firm

    06 May 2014

    Sustainable technology company Abengoa has gained a further foothold in China with the acquisition of a 25% stake in Beijing-based wastewater firm GreenTech.

  • Goldman Sachs backs SunEdison 'yieldco' with $250m facility

    03 April 2014

    Californian solar power company SunEdison has secured a $250 million financing facility from Goldman Sachs to help it launch a 'yieldco'.

  • Abengoa seeks to list '$1bn' yieldco

    03 March 2014

    Cleantech engineering firm Abengoa today revealed that it has asked for permission to spin-off some of its assets into a US-listed 'yieldco', in a move that reportedly could raise $1 billion.

  • World's largest solar power tower project rejected

    18 December 2013

    California state regulators have preliminary rejected a project that was set to become the largest solar power tower in the world, in a blow for solar thermal technology.

  • A licence to list?

    14 November 2013

    There has been a welcome increase in the number of renewables firms launching IPOs in 2013. But is this promising spate of activity a sign that investor confidence in the sector is finally growing, or will it prove a false dawn, asks Peter Cripps