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Mexican and Canadian pension funds buy $1.35bn of Enel renewables
11 October 2017Canadian institutional investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (La Caisse) and a consortium of Mexican companies have paid $1.35 billion for a majority share in eight Enel wind and solar assets.
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Allianz and MUFG complete $340m US wind investment
22 August 2017Allianz has signed a tax equity agreement worth about $340 million alongside Japanese financial services conglomerate MUFG for the Red Dirt wind project in Oklahoma.
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Canada's La Caisse pays C$287m for Boralex stake
27 July 2017Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (la Caisse), one of Canada's major institutional investors, has paid C$287.5 million ($229.5 million) for a 17.3% stake in renewables company Boralex.
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EcoAct snaps up Carbon Clear
19 July 2017EcoAct, a Paris-based climate change advisory firm, has acquired Carbon Clear of the UK for an undisclosed sum.
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Utilities that are renewables leaders have competitive advantage - S&P
12 June 2017European utilities companies that are market leaders in renewables have a clear competitive advantage as the sector transforms, according to a report by S&P.
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North American electricity utilities trail European counterparts in transition to low-carbon economy
09 June 2017Electricity utilities are, on average, not reducing emissions fast enough to be in line with a scenario that would limit climate change to the Paris Agreement's 2°C target, a Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) study has found.
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27 CEOs back TCFD recommendations
21 April 201727 CEOs from major corporations have committed to implement the draft recommendations laid out by the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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Green bond round-up, 15 March 2017
15 March 2017Dutch investor NN Investment Partners has included green bonds in its recently launched multi-asset fund.
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Best performing funds of 2016: Vontobel New Power A
27 January 2017In a disappointing year for clean energy funds, Vontobel found a safe harbour in grid infrastructure stocks. Pascal Dudle talks to Joe Walsh.
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Enel issues first green bond of the year
10 January 2017Italian utility Enel has issued the first green bond of 2017 – a €1.25 billion ($1.32 billion) inaugural offering.