Archive

  • Bluefield Solar Income Fund 'unaffected' by planned UK subsidy cuts

    26 October 2015

    Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) remains bullish about the UK solar market despite recently-proposed cuts to subsidies for small utility-scale renewable energy.

  • Tenergie refinances solar plants for €150m

    23 October 2015

    Credit Agricole has led a syndicate of banks to help French renewable energy developer Tenergie refinance a 54.4MW portfolio of solar projects for €150 million ($165 million).

  • Sunnova takes fund raising to almost $900m

    22 October 2015

    Sunnova Energy has secured an additional $300 million in debt and equity funding to help expand its presence in the residential solar energy market in the US.

  • New York Green Bank lends $49m to three projects

    22 October 2015

    The New York Green Bank (NYGB) has lent $49 million to three clean energy projects in the state which it claims has attracted a further $178 million of private investment.

  • 60% of investors report stranded asset concerns, says EY

    22 October 2015

    More than 60% of institutional investors are concerned about the risk of stranded assets, with almost a third slashing their holdings companies as a result, according to research from Ernst & Young (EY).

  • People moves

    21 October 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at SunEdison, PRI, UKSIF, MSCI and EY.

  • NextEnergy enters UK rooftop solar market

    21 October 2015

    NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has purchased three UK solar projects for £22.1 million ($32.4 million), including its first rooftop solar portfolio.

  • Politicians add to calls for a price on carbon emissions

    20 October 2015

    Leading politicians have come together to support calls for a price on carbon emissions, ahead of the UN's climate change talks in Paris in December.

  • Pension funds commit £60m to UK biomass

    20 October 2015

    Two UK pension funds have committed £60 million ($93 million) to biomass projects in the country.

  • EAPF sets climate change goals for 2020

    19 October 2015

    The UK's Environmental Agency's Pension Fund (EAPF) has updated its environmental policy, detailing how it will integrate climate change into investments decisions.