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  • The growing pains of UK yieldcos

    22 July 2016

    Weakening policy support and uncertainties caused by Brexit are among the challenges faced by the fledgling asset class. But it remains resilient, reports Peter Cripps

  • Foresight fund among backers of anaerobic digestion plants

    21 June 2016

    A total of £26.8 million ($39 million) has been raised for two anaerobic digestion plants in Northern Ireland that run on animal waste.

  • French asset manager launches green bond fund

    03 June 2016

    A fourth French asset manager has launched its long rumoured green bond mutual fund.

  • Foresight to launch unlabelled green bond fund

    30 March 2016

    Foresight Group is fundraising for a €200 million ($226 million) private debt fund dedicated to unlabelled green project bonds.

  • Private equity house mulls Italian solar exit as it looks for new assets

    11 February 2016

    Private equity firm Amplio Group is eyeing the sale or refinancing of its 31MW Italian solar portfolio as well as further acquisitions in the country, Environmental Finance understands.

  • People moves

    15 January 2016

    A round up of the latest people moves, including changes at NRG, SolarCity,RET Capital and Alliance Trust

  • EF BRIEFS: Trina, Grenergy, Santander, Goldman Sachs, Impax, Japan

    13 January 2016

    The Development Bank of Japan and Japan Wind Development Company plan to launch a ¥50bn ($423 million) wind energy fund in April.

  • Foresight hits 400MW in UK solar

    06 July 2015

    Foresight Group has bumped its UK solar portfolio up to more than 400MW with its latest acquisition.

  • Foresight reaches £1bn in solar energy assets

    27 April 2015

    Foresight Group, a UK infrastructure investment company, said it now has £1 billion ($1.5 billion) of solar assets across its institutional and retail funds.

  • GIB and Zouk Capital invest in novel £111m energy from waste plant

    23 March 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is investing alongside Zouk Capital in a £111 million ($165 million) project that combines a 12.5MW waste-to-energy plant with an adjacent materials recycling facility.