Archive

  • EGP to sell Portuguese wind assets for €900m

    30 September 2015

    Italy's Enel Green Power (EGP) is set to exit the Portuguese market, after agreeing to sell its 100% stake in Finerge Gestão de Projectos Energéticos (Finerge) to First State Wind Energy Investments for €900 million ($1.01 billion).

  • Enel Green Power enters Asian renewables market with €30m deal

    24 September 2015

    Italy's Enel Green Power (EGP) has made its first move into Asia, acquiring interest in an Indian renewables firm.

  • Renewable energy giants win big in Brazilian solar auction

    03 September 2015

    SunEdison, Enel and Canadian Solar have bagged nearly two thirds of the capacity on offer in Brazil's latest solar auction.

  • Canada's Boralex agrees C$81.4m financing for Frampton wind farm

    05 August 2015

    Canadian power producer Boralex has secured C$81.4 million ($61.7 million) in project financing for a 24MW wind farm in Frampton, Quebec.

  • 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

  • Building out the yieldco

    22 June 2015

    With more yieldcos expected to come to market in coming months, how will this asset class evolve, asks Sophie Robinson-Tillett

  • Enel Green Power, SunEdison and Mainstream are winners in South African auction

    10 June 2015

    Three companies have emerged as the main winners in the latest round of bidding in South Africa's renewable energy auctions, securing over 80% of capacity auctioned.

  • Carbon Tracker report warns utilities of coal death spiral

    05 June 2015

    The Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) has fired another shot across the bows of the coal sector, in a report that warns the utilities reliant on the commodity are trapped in a "death spiral".

  • Enel Green Power reveals €9bn expansion plan

    11 May 2015

    Enel Green Power (EGP), one of the world's largest renewable power companies, plans to allocate €8.8 billion ($9.8 billion) to expand its portfolio of renewable energy assets over the next five years, raising capacity from 9.8GW to almost 17GW.

  • South Africa plans major expansion of renewables support programme

    20 April 2015

    South Africa will seek an additional 8.1GW of renewable energy from independent power producers (IPPs), on top of the existing goal of 6.9GW by 2030, energy minister Tina Joematt-Pettersson said.