Archive

  • EF BRIEFS: JLEN, Barclays, MUFJ, ACP

    18 March 2016

    UK infrastructure fund JLEN has acquired a solar park and extended its revolving credit facility to £65 million ($90 million).

  • Infracapital takes 70% stake in UK bioenergy group

    06 October 2015

    Infracapital, the infrastructure investment arm of M&G Investments, has committed £160 million ($243 million) to take a 70% stake in the Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG), which has been created to invest in the construction of biomass and energy-from-waste (EfW) plants in the UK.

  • Aloe Energy bags €200m refinancing deal for solar portfolio

    15 September 2015

    Renewables operator Aloe Energy has agreed a €200 million ($226 million) debt package to refinance a solar portfolio.

  • UK government proposes slashing FiTs by up to 86%

    27 August 2015

    The UK government continued its onslaught against its renewables subsidy regime after it proposed slashing Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) for small-scale clean power production by up to 86% as early as January.

  • City pension fund invests in GIB-backed renewables company

    10 August 2015

    Greater Manchester Pension Fund has committed £10 million ($15 million) to a community renewable energy firm supported by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB).

  • US Senate committee backs extension of tax breaks for renewables

    23 July 2015

    The Senate finance committee has voted to extend two key tax incentives supporting clean energy development in the US – the Production Tax Credit (PTC) [link] and the Investment Tax Credit (ITC).

  • People Moves

    10 July 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at Senvion, Hannon Armstrong and Abengoa

  • UK government slammed for lifting renewable energy tax breaks

    09 July 2015

    Renewable energy consumption will no longer be exempt from tax in the UK, in a government move that has been slammed for discouraging investment in the sector.

  • More than $5bn committed to Divest Invest

    03 July 2015

    More than $5 billion has been committed to a campaign to divest from fossil fuel companies and invest the freed up capital in the low-carbon economy.

  • EU bioethanol sector optimistic despite 'damaging' 2014

    17 June 2015

    Optimism has returned to the EU's bioethanol sector after a "damaging" year blighted by policy uncertainty and falling prices.