Archive

  • Macquarie in €90m Japanese solar deal

    26 September 2016

    Macquarie Capital has teamed up with an infrastructure specialist to ink a €90 million ($100 million) deal to acquire a solar project pipeline in Japan.

  • RWE secures partners for $1.5 billion offshore wind farm

    24 August 2016

    RWE's renewables arm has received the go-ahead to build the $1.5 billion 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • Macquarie and Danish pension fund to own giant biomass plant

    15 August 2016

    Australian banking group Macquarie and Danish pension fund PKA are joining forces to buy what is claimed to be the world's largest dedicated biomass power plant.

  • EF BRIEFS: Sumitomo, GIB, Senvion

    29 July 2016

    Japan's Sumitomo Corporation has agreed to indirectly buy, through Macquarie Capital, a 12.5% stake in an offshore wind farm, for an undisclosed fee.

  • NESF launches share issuance programme

    18 July 2016

    NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has unveiled a plans to issue up to 54,885,000 of new shares – the equivalent of 19.7% of existing voting shares – in a "tap issue" programme.

  • EF BRIEFS: San Francisco water bond, Capital Stage, NextEnergy, Vestas

    20 May 2016

    The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) has become the first entity to issue a green bond certified under the Water Climate Bonds Standard, coming to market with a $240 million offering.

  • Macquarie and Santander get behind Foresight Solar Fund with £200m deal

    11 April 2016

    London-listed Foresight Solar Fund has bagged £200 million ($285 million) of backing from Macquarie and Santander.

  • Acquisition makes NextEnergy Solar Fund 'biggest solar yieldco'

    05 April 2016

    NextEnergy Solar Fund has become the biggest solar operator of the UK-listed yieldcos, following a £97.9 million ($140 million) acquisition of five plants.

  • EF BRIEFS: FrieslandCampina, NTR wind fund, Engie, Enel, ScottishPower, Wheb

    29 February 2016

    Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina has become the second issuer to issue a green Schuldschein – a type of German privately-placed debt instrument similar to a mid-term note.

  • NextEnergy Solar Fund in 'biggest ever M&A deal for solar in the UK'

    11 January 2016

    UK yieldco, NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), has made what it describes as "the largest mergers & acquisitions deal in UK solar".