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IFC issues second $1bn green bond of 2013
06 November 2013The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched its second $1 billion green bond of 2013, and called on other development banks to follow it with more 'benchmark' issues.
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Plans for two of Africa's biggest wind farms advance
03 October 2013Ambitious plans to use renewable energy to help revolutionise Kenya's economy have been boosted by two significant break-throughs.
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Sarasin hires sustainable investment research head after staff exodus to rival
27 September 2013Swiss bank J. Safra Sarasin has made new appointments to its sustainable investment team after losing more than 40 of its employees to a rival.
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Homeowners jointly buy wind turbine in crowdfunding 'world record'
24 September 2013A crowdfunding platform has raised €1.3 million ($1.8 million) in just 13 hours from 1,700 Dutch homeowners who have jointly bought their own wind turbine.
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Turning trash into cash
19 August 2013Investment in waste-to-energy projects has been stifled by perceived risks. But there are signs that the maturing sector is starting to become increasingly attractive. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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Danish pension fund invests in 'one of the last' UK power-only biomass projects
14 August 2013A Danish joint venture has acquired a UK-based biomass plant from its developer, which warned the project could be one of the last power-only biomass stations to be built in the country because of a recent policy change.
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UK GIB in 'landmark' Northern Ireland deal
30 July 2013The UK's Green Investment Bank has helped to fund an £81 million ($124.5 million) combined heat and power plant that will burn wood reclaimed from landfill.
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First UK solar fund IPO marks 'pivotal moment' for sector
12 July 2013A UK solar photovoltaic (PV) investment fund has raised £130 million ($196.5 million) through a successful stock market flotation, in a move that marks a "pivotal moment in the growth of large-scale UK solar".
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Will new regulations restrict low-carbon finance?
04 July 2013New financial regulations are adding to the problems caused by adverse economic conditions and policy uncertainty, and are likely to hinder the flow of finance to low-carbon assets in the EU, say Thomas Spencer and Jamie Stevenson.