Archive

  • EF BRIEFS: Canadian Solar, Dong Energy, Jinko Solar, Masdar, Japan, California, India

    04 January 2016

    Canadian Solar's share price is down some 5% since it announced plans to sell up to $100 million of equity.

  • Profile: KBC Eco Fund - Water

    01 October 2015

    Water funds, such as the KBC Eco Fund – Water, have performed strongly in recent years. But many stocks in the sector are now looking expensive, the fund manager tells Graham Cooper

  • Dong Energy to divest oil and gas as it eyes IPO

    22 September 2015

    Dong Energy has outlined plans for an initial public offering (IPO) in a radical overhaul of its business that will see it divest its oil and gas pipelines and put its exploration and production business under review.

  • GIP to issue €556m green bond to finance offshore wind deal

    11 September 2015

    Private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is set to issue a €556 million ($623 million) green bond to help fund its acquisition of 50% of an offshore wind project.

  • GreenSteam flourishes in China despite slowing economy

    09 September 2015

    GreenStream Network expects to see a 700% increase in investment in its Chinese energy efficiency projects this year, compared with 2014.

  • Dong makes 3GW rights acquisition UK offshore wind

    24 August 2015

    Danish energy giant Dong has acquired the rights to up to 3GW of wind farms off the coast of the UK.

  • UK investor 3i takes 50% stake in offshore transmission venture

    24 August 2015

    3i Infrastructure, a London-listed investment firm, has paid £23 million ($36 million) for a 50% stake in the offshore transmission owner (OFTO) of the UK's West of Duddon Sands wind farm. The remaining equity in the project will be acquired by Macquarie Capital.

  • GreenStream loan is 'missing piece of the puzzle' for growth in China

    06 August 2015

    Finnish environmental services firm GreenStream has secured "the missing piece of the puzzle" with a financing package from a Chinese development bank.

  • Lessons from the UK's first CfD auction

    09 April 2015

    The UK's inaugural Contracts for Difference auction was seen as a success in driving down prices for the government. In what way will future auctions be different, and who are likely to be the big winners, ask Charles Yates and Mark Hughes

  • Weather: Swiss Re's solar energy hedge in China

    01 April 2015

    Europe has dominated the rapid growth in solar power for most of the past decade but, in the past two years, the balance of power has swung decisively toward Asia.