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  • KKR agrees first loan to UK renewables project

    19 November 2014

    KKR has agreed to provide an £8 million ($12.5 million) loan to a community wind farm in Scotland, the first financing under its recently announced £100 million commitment to the UK renewables sector.

  • KKR, CITIC plan S$1.9bn offer for Singapore's United Envirotech

    12 November 2014

    US private equity firm KKR and China's largest conglomerate, CITIC, have made a 'pre-conditional voluntary offer' for Singapore–listed United Envirotech (UEL), valuing the company at about S$1.9 billion ($1.5 billion).

  • KKR and GIB back £200m UK community renewables initiative

    10 November 2014

    Private equity firm KKR is making its first investment in the UK renewable energy sector with a £100 million ($159 million) commitment to a £200 million lending programme, backed by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB).

  • KKR's green programme has $1bn of financial impact

    22 October 2014

    Private equity giant KKR said its Green Portfolio Programme (GPP) has had $1.2 billion of financial impact since it began six years ago.

  • KKR and ACCIONA in €417m renewables deal, companies plot yieldco

    24 June 2014

    Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has spent €417 million buying a third of the renewables division of Spanish engineering firm ACCIONA.

  • Texas wind stake takes Google's renewables portfolio above 2GW

    15 January 2014

    Internet giant Google has added to its fast-growing portfolio of renewable energy assets with a $75 million investment in the Panhandle 2 wind farm near Amarillo in Texas. This takes the company's total renewables generation capacity above 2GW.

  • KKR and Google join forces to invest in US solar

    15 November 2013

    Private equity giant KKR has partnered with Google to invest in a portfolio of US solar projects, in a deal understood to be worth $400 million.

  • KKR aims to apply ESG across entire business

    17 July 2013

    Private equity giant KKR has pledged to ramp up its focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in coming months, and aims to expand the initiative across the breadth of its business.

  • Asia's richest man buys waste-to-energy firm

    17 June 2013

    A group of companies owned by Hong Kong business tycoon Li Ka-shing has bought a Dutch waste treatment company for HK$9.7 billion (US$1.27 billion).