Archive

  • 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

  • SunEdison in investment partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management

    09 September 2015

    SunEdison has formed a $300 million partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management to invest in solar energy projects in the US.

  • Yieldco dream still alive for Canadian Solar, despite market volatility

    19 August 2015

    Canadian Solar has stuck by its plans to launch a yieldco, despite share prices of similar vehicles having nosedived in recent months.

  • SunEdison returns to market, eyeing up to $2.5bn

    18 August 2015

    SunEdison has continued its fundraising spree, securing $1 billion from a consortium of banks, with a further $500 million of convertible notes planned.

  • 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.

  • RWE invests in energy storage company Stem

    14 August 2015

    RWE has led a consortium of investors in the latest round of financing for intelligent energy storage company Stem.

  • SunEdison and TerraForm raise $280m in oversubscribed deal

    12 August 2015

    SunEdison and TerraForm Power have raised $280 million in a deal that was oversubscribed, despite recent falls in the companies' share prices.

  • SunEdison share price plummets 25% on Q2 loss

    07 August 2015

    SunEdison's stocks plummeted 25% on Thursday after larger-than-expected losses were revealed in its quarterly earnings report and investors fretted that it would not be able to meet its ambitious growth targets.

  • SunEdison bags financing from Citi and Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary

    05 August 2015

    Citi and a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway have backed SunEdison's latest wind project, to the tune of $390 million.

  • TerraForm Global green bond has record breaking coupon

    03 August 2015

    SunEdison's second yieldco, TerraForm Global, said its green bond will have a coupon of 9.75%, meaning it is believed to be the highest yielding issue that the market has seen so far.