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  • Lightsource issues UK's biggest renewables bond, in £284m deal

    06 November 2015

    Lightsource Renewable Energy has completed what it claims is the world's largest sterling-denominated bond for renewables.

  • Infracapital takes 70% stake in UK bioenergy group

    06 October 2015

    Infracapital, the infrastructure investment arm of M&G Investments, has committed £160 million ($243 million) to take a 70% stake in the Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG), which has been created to invest in the construction of biomass and energy-from-waste (EfW) plants in the UK.

  • UK's Primrose Solar closes second tranche of M&G financing

    08 January 2015

    UK project developer Primrose Solar has agreed a £31 million ($47 million) private loan with M&G to refinance one of its biggest projects.

  • Infracapital closes new infrastructure fund at £1bn

    28 October 2014

    Infracapital, an investment arm of M&G Investments, has closed its latest fund – Infracapital Partners II – having raised £1 billion ($1.6 billion).

  • Prudential backs UK tidal project with 'up to £100m'

    20 October 2014

    Insurance company Prudential will invest up to £100 million ($161 million) in a 320MW tidal energy project in Wales

  • Primrose Solar gets £29m from M&G pension fund clients

    14 October 2014

    Primrose Solar has secured a £29 million ($46 million) private loan to build four UK solar farms.

  • $500m 'green polyester' plant planned for China

    19 November 2013

    The world's first biomass-to-glycolplant is set to be built in China, in a move hailed as "a big step towards creating a bio-based economy".