Archive

  • EF BRIEFS: Downing, Lekela, Recurrent Energy, Enbridge, Climate Bonds Initiative, GRI, Global CCS Institute, IETA

    06 November 2015

    London-based investment firm Downing will invest £20 million ($30 million) in biomass projects as part of a joint venture with developer Strand Energy.

  • GIB backs £107m waste-to-energy project

    05 November 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has taken a major equity stake in a waste-to-energy plant in Northern Ireland.

  • £1.5bn offshore wind project in first-of-its-kind financing

    30 October 2015

    A £1.5 billion ($2.3 billion) offshore wind project has become the first in the UK to attract lenders ahead of construction, after it received backing from 13 banks and four equity partners.

  • UK government slammed for "rushed and potentially botched" privatisation of Green Investment Bank

    21 October 2015

    The Green Investment Bank (GIB) risks being "paralysed by privatisation" in a process some investors say risks undermining the organisation.

  • UK GIB raises further £335m for offshore wind fund

    13 October 2015

    The UK Green Investment Bank's (GIB) offshore wind fund has reached £818 million ($1.25 billion) of capitalisation as its reaches second close – making it the country's largest ever renewables fund.

  • Green bonds: The state of sterling

    14 August 2015

    With only a handful of green bonds so far issued in sterling, what is holding the market back, asks Sophie Robinson-Tillett

  • City pension fund invests in GIB-backed renewables company

    10 August 2015

    Greater Manchester Pension Fund has committed £10 million ($15 million) to a community renewable energy firm supported by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB).

  • GIB agrees energy efficiency loan with UK local authority

    05 August 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has agreed an £8.2 million ($12.8 million) loan with a local authority, to improve streetlighting.

  • GIB and Equitix invest £30m to finance CHP power plant

    17 July 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Equitix have invested £30 million ($47 million) to finance the construction of a combined heat and power (CHP) plant.

  • UK GIB to devise green bond rating system

    26 June 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is to devise a system to help rate green bonds and compare their environmental benefits.