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  • UK yieldcos outperform North American counterparts on risk-adjusted return, study suggests

    11 May 2018

    UK yieldcos have outstripped their North American counterparts and performed better on a risk-adjusted basis than conventional energy investments, academic research has shown.

  • Brookfield has Atlantica in its sights after acquiring TerraForm

    17 October 2017

    Brookfield Asset Management has completed the acquisition of US yieldco TerraForm Power, and may be planning to buy another, in the form of Atlantica Yield.

  • US Yieldcos: escaping the parent trap

    23 June 2017

    A recent spate of M&As in the yieldco space seems to point to a new chapter in the model's evolution. Hamza Ali reports

  • Irish renewables investment firm launched

    14 March 2017

    A UK-based asset manager has announced the launch of an Irish renewables investment firm, which opened its account with the purchase of a 137MW wind farm portfolio.

  • Brookfield buys SunEdison yieldcos

    07 March 2017

    Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) has acquired a controlling stake in TerraForm Power (TERP), in a deal valued at $1.7 billion.

  • Brookfield secures exclusivity deal with SunEdison yieldcos

    24 January 2017

    Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) has entered into an 'exclusivity deal' with stricken SunEdison's two yieldcos

  • SunEdison gears up to sell renewables assets

    10 August 2016

    SunEdison, the largest renewable energy developer in the world, has applied for approval from bankruptcy court to sell some of its North American renewables plants to NRG Yield, ahead of a planned September auction.

  • Australian asset manager launches A$100m private yieldco

    26 July 2016

    An Australian asset manager is planning to launch a A$100 million ($75.28 million) unlisted yieldco, that will own Australian solar projects.

  • SunEdison mulls sale of yieldcos, as TERP launches poison pill defence

    25 July 2016

    Renewables developer SunEdison is in talks with its yieldco subsidiaries, TerraForm Power (TERP) and TerraForm Global (GLBL), to find a buyer for its controlling stake in the companies.

  • The growing pains of UK yieldcos

    22 July 2016

    Weakening policy support and uncertainties caused by Brexit are among the challenges faced by the fledgling asset class. But it remains resilient, reports Peter Cripps