Archive

  • ReEnergise secures UK energy efficiency investment

    25 June 2014

    ReEnergise Finance is to receive £2 million to support its energy efficiency projects, from investors including the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB).

  • Chinese company issues carbon-linked bond to fund renewables projects

    16 June 2014

    CGN Wind Energy has issued a RMB 1 billion ($160 million) five-year bond to help finance five renewable energy projects and the coupon will be linked to the price of carbon credits created by the projects, Chinese sources say.

  • STEAG secures financing for €192m Romanian wind farm

    13 June 2014

    German power generator STEAG has closed its latest funding round for the Crucea wind farm.

  • China prepares to roll out seventh carbon trading scheme

    06 June 2014

    The seventh of China's carbon trading pilot schemes will begin next week, in the city of Chongqing.

  • OCI inks loan for latest solar project

    06 June 2014

    OCI Solar Power has secured a $40 million loan from the North America Development Bank (NADB) to finance its latest project.

  • EU eyes innovative finance tools to improve energy efficiency

    04 June 2014

    Ambitious energy efficiency targets will require significant investment from the private sector. Clare Taylor reviews the innovative financing mechanisms the EU is putting in place to achieve this.

  • John Kerry announces US backing for $134m of Althelia forestry loans

    28 May 2014

    US government guarantees will enable the Althelia Climate Fund to offer $133.8 million in commercial loans to forest conservation projects in developing countries, US Secretary of State John Kerry told the Carbon Expo conference in Cologne.

  • Clean energy accounts for 30% of EBRD investments

    19 May 2014

    Almost 30% of investments by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) last year were for renewable energy, energy efficiency and other responses to climate change.

  • 'World's largest' offshore wind project finance deal agreed

    15 May 2014

    A €2.8 billion ($3.8 billion) project financing agreement has been secured for an offshore wind farm, in a deal that claims to be the largest of its kind.

  • €35m raised for Irish energy efficiency fund as it inks first deal

    09 May 2014

    The Irish government has launched an energy efficiency fund after reaching a €35 million ($48 million) first close, with more than half the capital coming from the private sector.