Archive

  • 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.

  • EU eyes innovative finance tools to improve energy efficiency

    04 June 2014

    Ambitious energy efficiency targets will require significant investment from the private sector. Clare Taylor reviews the innovative financing mechanisms the EU is putting in place to achieve this.

  • 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.

  • SunEdison yieldco plans to raise $50m in IPO

    30 May 2014

    Solar firm SunEdison said it hopes to raise $50 million through floating its yieldco, which it has named Terraform Power.

  • EIB's latest 'tap' of Climate Awareness Bond takes total to €2.6bn

    15 May 2014

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued another €350 million ($480 million) 'tap' of its euro-denominated Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) maturing in November 2019, taking the total outstanding to €2.6 billion.

  • Citi pledges $2.25bn to efficient and distributed energy projects

    12 May 2014

    Citi plans to step up its activities in US energy efficiency and distributed energy generation, after setting a new financing target of $2.25 billion, marking a significant increase on its previous goal.

  • GDF Suez 'to issue its first green bond'

    06 May 2014

    GDF Suez is reportedly marketing a benchmark-sized green bond.

  • Citi beats climate change finance target, plans new goal

    24 April 2014

    US bank Citi claims to have directed $53.9 billion to activities that mitigate climate change between 2007 and the end of last year. This means it is three years ahead of its self-imposed target of $50 billion over ten years. It is now developing a new target to spur further environmental financing, the bank said.

  • Call to strengthen Green Bond Principles

    10 April 2014

    The Green Bond Principles should be strengthened to help boost the credibility of the fledgling market, an NGO has claimed.

  • Toyota increases size of asset-backed green bond, plans more

    20 March 2014

    Toyota's pioneering issue of 'green' asset-backed securities has been increased in size to $1.75 billion from a planned $1.25 billion, in response to strong investor demand, and further similar issues are likely, a senior executive said.