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  • SunEdison sweetens Vivint deal with $123m of savings

    11 December 2015

    SunEdison has revised the terms of its much-criticised $2.2 billion acquisition of Vivint Solar, in a move that has been well received by shareholders.

  • SunEdison may face legal action over Vivint

    04 December 2015

    Billionaire investor David Tepper has compounded a tough couple of months for SunEdison's management with a threat of legal action and raised his stake in its yieldco subsidiary TerraForm Power (TERP) to 9.7%.

  • Profile: Ben Goldsmith/Menhaden Capital

    19 November 2015

    Ben Goldsmith explains why his new fund, Menhaden Capital, is investing in energy and resource efficiency - and why it's named after a fish. Sophie Robinson-Tillett reports

  • SunEdison share price plunges 27% on Q3 results

    11 November 2015

    US renewables giant SunEdison saw its shares plunge 27% from $7.88 to $5.71 on the back of mixed results in its third quarter earnings, released yesterday.

  • TerraForm Power ups size of planned green bond to $250m

    10 November 2015

    Yieldco TerraForm Power (TERP) has increased the proposed size of a green bond it announced in July to $250 million, up from $200 million.

  • EF BRIEFS: BlackRock, Citi, Ethos, TerraForm Global

    30 October 2015

    BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, is considering launching a fossil fuel-free fund. A representative of the company revealed that the fund could be launched next year while speaking at a conference on financial implications for the Paris climate change summit in London.

  • JP Morgan named top green bond underwriter in Q3

    12 October 2015

    JP Morgan regained the top spot in the green bond underwriters' league table in the third quarter of 2015.

  • SunEdison plans more third party asset sales, as yieldcos falter

    07 October 2015

    US renewables giant SunEdison said it will sell more of its operational assets to third parties, or drop them down into its warehouse facilities, rather than sell them to its yieldco subsidiaries, due to changes in market conditions.

  • Green bonds market sees summer slow-down despite key deals

    02 October 2015

    The green bond market has seen a drought of issuance in the third quarter of 2015, according to new data from Environmental Finance.

  • 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