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  • Google backs SunEdison's biggest US project

    11 September 2014

    Google is to invest $145 million in a solar plant held by SunEdison's yieldco, TerraForm.

  • Foresight Solar eyes further share sales

    20 August 2014

    Foresight Solar Fund, the UK's largest listed solar energy fund, said it expects to raise further equity capital after assets funded by its existing £100 million ($166 million) debt facility become operational.

  • Greencoat takes majority stake in four more wind farms

    20 August 2014

    Greencoat UK Wind has bought a majority stake in four UK wind farms from subsidiaries of the New York-listed power company AES, for a total consideration of £90.6 million ($150 million).

  • Starwood secures financing for 165MW Texas wind farm

    19 August 2014

    Starwood Energy Group, a private US investment firm specialising in energy infrastructure, has reached agreements with a group of banks to finance its second wind farm, a 165MW project in Texas.

  • TRIG buys three solar farms, places £20m shares

    11 August 2014

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has spent £73.7 million ($123.7 million) on the acquisition of three UK solar parks.

  • SunEdison floats yieldco at 10 times original target, 'SunPower next'

    18 July 2014

    SunEdison will float its yieldco at more than 10 times its previous target price.

  • Tenaska agrees $450m loans for 150MW Californian solar plant

    16 June 2014

    Tenaska, a leading independent US energy company, has secured $450 million in bank loans to finance a 150MW solar power plant near El Centro in California.

  • Updated: Abengoa raises $829m in upsized yieldco IPO

    13 June 2014

    Cleantech engineering firm Abengoa has raised $828.9 million through floating a 'yieldco' after upsizing the scale and pricing of the listing.

  • Abengoa targets raising up to $691m in yieldco float

    02 June 2014

    Cleantech engineering firm Abengoa has said it hopes to raise up to $691 million by floating a 'yieldco' on the NASDAQ.

  • Foresight agrees £100m solar loan facility

    19 May 2014

    Foresight Solar Fund has agreed a £100 million ($168.2 million) debt facility to help fund its plans to double its operating capacity over the next 12 months.