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  • Allianz makes fifth tax equity investment in US wind

    24 May 2017

    Allianz Capital Partners (ACP), the alternative investment arm of the German insurer, has secured its fifth US wind farm tax equity investment in a little more than a year.

  • Green bond round-up, 15 February 2017

    15 February 2017

    German index provider Solactive has launched a green bond index that tracks investment-grade euro and dollar-denominated issuances.

  • New shoots, old roots; the return of the yieldco

    23 November 2016

    After a disastrous year in 2015, US yieldcos have seen their share prices rebound. Has the model turned a corner, asks Hamza Ali

  • Yieldco Pattern Energy buys wind stake after equity raise

    17 August 2016

    US yieldco Pattern Energy plans to buy a 50% stake in the 180MW Armow wind farm, using the proceeds of a recent equity raise.

  • EF BRIEFS: AXA IM, Impax, Pattern Energy

    07 July 2016

    AXA Investment Managers has made the first in a series of hires as part of plans to bolster its responsible investment (RI) team.

  • EF BRIEFS: Pattern Energy, Coal India, Quercus

    04 July 2016

    US yieldco Pattern Energy is to buy the 324MW Broadview wind power facility in New Mexico and an associated 35 mile transmission line from Pattern Development, its main shareholder, for $269 million.

  • Feeding the beast: are US yieldcos sustainable?

    30 September 2015

    Yieldcos have been growing rapidly in recent years, but what are their long-term prospects, asks Hamza Ali

  • Record low wind speeds impact Q2 yieldco results

    17 August 2015

    Record low wind speeds caused by El Nino have helped weaken investor sentiment towards the yieldco sector, which has suffered a sell-off in recent weeks.

  • 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.

  • Pattern secures C$393m for Canadian wind

    02 July 2015

    Pattern Development has closed C$393 million ($312 million) of financing for a wind project in Canada.