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  • GIB raises £463m for world's first offshore wind fund

    01 April 2015

    A fund launched by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) to finance offshore wind projects has reached its first close, having raised £463 million ($684 million).

  • Winch leaves PRI for Low Carbon

    20 March 2015

    Helene Winch has left the UN-supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), where she was director of policy and research, to join Low Carbon.

  • Jordan awards tenders for 200MW of renewables projects

    19 February 2015

    Jordan has awarded contracts to 12 solar projects and two wind farms, totalling 200MW, in its first renewable energy tender.

  • The best performing funds of 2014: Tareno Waterfund

    27 January 2015

    The water theme continues to provide strong returns. Tareno Waterfund, the best performing fund of 2014, splashed out on emerging market and small cap stocks. Peter Cripps reports

  • UK's Primrose Solar closes second tranche of M&G financing

    08 January 2015

    UK project developer Primrose Solar has agreed a £31 million ($47 million) private loan with M&G to refinance one of its biggest projects.

  • OPIC issues 'green guarantees' for South America's largest solar project

    26 November 2014

    The Overseas Private Investor Corporation (OPIC) has issued another set of 'green guarantees' to help raise $26.5 million towards financing the largest solar power project in South America.

  • Business welcomes EU 2030 emissions goal, but not renewables target

    28 October 2014

    Industry and investors have broadly welcomed the EU's new climate and energy policy framework for 2030.

  • Mellon Capital and McKnight Foundation in $100m lower carbon strategy

    21 October 2014

    Mellon Capital has attracted $100 million of funding from a US foundation for a new strategy tilted towards companies with lower carbon emissions.

  • Prudential backs UK tidal project with 'up to £100m'

    20 October 2014

    Insurance company Prudential will invest up to £100 million ($161 million) in a 320MW tidal energy project in Wales

  • Primrose Solar gets £29m from M&G pension fund clients

    14 October 2014

    Primrose Solar has secured a £29 million ($46 million) private loan to build four UK solar farms.