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  • UK's first refuse-derived gasification plant wins project finance

    02 March 2015

    A "landmark" deal has secured the first ever project financing for a UK gasification plant that derives its feedstock from refuse.

  • GIB in £100m community-scale funding drive

    17 February 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has launched a £100 million ($154 million) initiative which it claims will be the largest single source of equity funding for community-scale renewables in the country.

  • GIB to publish Green Investment Handbook

    11 February 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is to launch a guidebook to help companies and investors measure the 'greenness' of their investments.

  • GIB and Foresight launch £50m waste fund

    02 February 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has pledged £50 million ($75 million) to a second waste-to-energy fund with asset manager Foresight, this time with a focus on small projects.

  • People moves

    02 February 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at Abengoa, Rabobank and Solarcentury.

  • GIB appoints its first CFO

    26 January 2015

    The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has appointed its first chief financial officer, and said it has now moved "beyond the start-up phase".

  • COP Blog: The role of the Green Climate Fund in providing the missing 'Clean Trillion'

    17 December 2014

    Lima had been touted as the climate finance COP - and in many ways it was.

  • Poultry giant wins funding for biomass boilers

    27 November 2014

    An energy efficiency fund managed by Sustainable Development Capital Limited (SDCL) has financed the installation of biomass heaters at a poultry farming giant.

  • GIB invests £240m in offshore wind farm

    27 November 2014

    The UK's Green Investment Bank has paid £240 million ($378 million) for a 20% stake in the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm.

  • UK biomass project lands £110m financing package

    21 November 2014

    A consortium of investors including the Green Investment Bank (GIB) and GCP Infrastructure is to provide more than £110 million ($172 million) of funding for a biomass project in the UK.