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  • UK Green Investment Bank in £250m waste-to-energy deal

    24 December 2013

    The UK's Green Investment Bank has helped finance a £250 million waste-to-energy plant.

  • 'Innovative' asset-backed securities raise $100m

    24 December 2013

    A company that invests in sustainable infrastructure projects has issued its first asset-backed securities, in an "innovative" transaction that has raised $100 million.

  • EIB makes €50m equity investment in renewables fund

    09 December 2013

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed €50 million ($69 million) to a fund that invests in European renewable energy.

  • Financial close reached for £760m UK waste-to-energy plant

    28 November 2013

    A UK resource management company and its investment partners have signed a £760 million ($1.2 billion) contract with a waste authority for a waste-to-energy project.

  • RWE drops plans for '£4bn' UK offshore wind farm

    26 November 2013

    RWE has cancelled plans for of an offshore wind farm in the UK, blaming technical challenges and market conditions for making it uneconomic to go ahead.

  • South-east Asia clean energy fund closes at $164m

    11 November 2013

    A fund focused on clean energy projects in south-east Asia has reached a final close of $164 million, exceeding its target.

  • Platina completes second renewables fund exit

    04 November 2013

    Investment firm Platina Partners has today exited its second renewables fund in the past half-year.

  • Samsung agrees finance for Canada's largest solar project

    16 October 2013

    Samsung Renewable Energy has formed a partnership with investment firm Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure and the native Canadian community Six Nations of the First River, to provide equity finance for Canada's largest solar energy project.

  • EU electrical waste market to reach $1.8bn in 2020, say analysts

    02 October 2013

    The European market for recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is expected to reach $1.79 billion in 2020 from around $1.30 billion in 2012, analysts say.

  • Guinness is good for renewables

    30 September 2013

    Guinness Asset Management is launching its fifth £10 million ($16 million) fund to support renewable energy companies in the UK.