Archive

  • Recurrent Energy secures finance from Santander and US Bancorp for California project

    08 September 2015

    Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has agreed a debt facility with Santander Bank and a tax equity investment with US Bancorp Community Development Corp, for a 100MW solar power project in California.

  • US government to insure PACE mortgages in bid to ramp up energy transition

    26 August 2015

    The US government has pledged to insure mortgages for homes under Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) in order to boost the programme's flagging residential market.

  • Private equity firm gets $59m backing for Peruvian hydro

    20 August 2015

    A Peruvian hydropower company has secured a $59 million loan from a series of investors to construct two projects in the country.

  • ADB backs first green bond out of the Philippines

    13 August 2015

    The Philippines is slated to see its first green bond, with backing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

  • Pattern bags $205m to finance move into solar construction

    10 August 2015

    US renewables company Pattern Development has secured $205 million to finance the construction of its first ever solar project.

  • GreenStream loan is 'missing piece of the puzzle' for growth in China

    06 August 2015

    Finnish environmental services firm GreenStream has secured "the missing piece of the puzzle" with a financing package from a Chinese development bank.

  • People round-up

    05 August 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at SEP,Greentech Capital, The African Development Bank, the Solar Energy Industry Association, Statkraft and Good Energy

  • Gareth Phillips joins African Development Bank

    04 August 2015

    Gareth Phillips has joined the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, as chief climate and green growth officer.

  • TerraForm Global green bond has record breaking coupon

    03 August 2015

    SunEdison's second yieldco, TerraForm Global, said its green bond will have a coupon of 9.75%, meaning it is believed to be the highest yielding issue that the market has seen so far.

  • India's plans to offer dollar-linked tariffs for renewables under scrutiny

    30 July 2015

    The risks of offering dollar-linked tariffs for renewable energy need to be carefully managed, argues Gireesh Shrimali