Archive

  • Ecotricity raises £18.5m from latest 'ecobond'

    01 December 2015

    UK green energy company Ecotricity has raised £18.5 million ($27.9 million) from its third 'ecobond'.

  • Politicians add to calls for a price on carbon emissions

    20 October 2015

    Leading politicians have come together to support calls for a price on carbon emissions, ahead of the UN's climate change talks in Paris in December.

  • UK's Ecotricity to issue third bond for renewable energy

    20 October 2015

    UK renewables company Ecotricity has launched its third bond, for an expected £25 million ($39 million).

  • Europe's Marguerite fund refinances €107m solar PV loan

    22 July 2015

    Europe's 'Marguerite' infrastructure fund has refinanced a €107 million ($117 million) term loan facility which supported the construction of a 36MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in France.

  • Abengoa and Shikun & Binui secure $1bn financing for Israeli solar plant

    20 July 2015

    Abengoa and Israeli global infrastructure group, Shikun & Binui, have secured $1 billion in non-recourse financing, for the construction of an Israeli solar-thermal plant.

  • Canadian Solar secures C$71.6m construction loan

    22 June 2015

    Canadian Solar has secured a C$71.6 Million ($58 million) non-recourse, short-term construction loan from Deutsche Bank to construct two 10MW solar plants.

  • NextEnergy aims to raise up to €500m in yieldco IPO

    18 June 2015

    NextEnergy Capital, the European solar investor, aims to raise up to €500 million ($563 million) by floating a European-focused yieldco.

  • ESB Novusmodus and Ludgate exit agritech firm

    16 June 2015

    Two environmentally-themed funds have announced the sale of Lumicity, the agritech energy services provider, to the company's management team and energy giant RWE.

  • 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".

  • Consortium raises debt for Canadian solar portfolio

    07 May 2015

    Debt financing has been closed on 'one of the largest' solar portfolios in Canada.