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Banks agree to provide £1bn debt facility for London's 'super sewer'
25 August 2015A debt facility of £1 billion ($1.6 billion) is being provided by six banks to the consortium of long-term investors that will finance and own a major new sewer to be built beneath the river Thames in London.
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Inflection Point Capital to advise Norway's sovereign wealth fund
24 August 2015Inflection Point Capital Management, a London-based sustainability advisory company, has secured a four-year consultancy contract to advise Norway's $870 billion sovereign wealth fund.
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Private equity firm gets $59m backing for Peruvian hydro
20 August 2015A Peruvian hydropower company has secured a $59 million loan from a series of investors to construct two projects in the country.
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Solar ABS: Securitising sunshine
19 August 2015After recent issues from SolarCity and Sunrun, how much potential is there for solar asset-backed securitisations, asks Peter Cripps
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Action on carbon emissions would be cheaper than inaction by 2040, says Citi
19 August 2015Building a low-carbon energy sector over the next 25 years would cost less than taking no action to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to analysts at Citi.
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Yieldco dream still alive for Canadian Solar, despite market volatility
19 August 2015Canadian Solar has stuck by its plans to launch a yieldco, despite share prices of similar vehicles having nosedived in recent months.
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SunEdison ups convertibles offering to $650m
18 August 2015SunEdison has upped its convertibles offering to $650 million, and given the notes a 6.75% coupon.
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Environmental non-profit buys US coal mines
18 August 2015ERP Compliant Fuels (ERP), an environmentally-focused non-profit, has agreed to buy various assets, including two coal mines, from Patriot Coal, as part of the latter's bankruptcy proceedings.
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Norway's oil fund divests from Korea's Posco and Daewoo
18 August 2015Norway's sovereign wealth fund – the largest in the world – is to exclude leading Korean companies Posco and Daewoo International from its investment portfolio because of their involvement in palm oil plantations in Indonesia.
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SunEdison returns to market, eyeing up to $2.5bn
18 August 2015SunEdison has continued its fundraising spree, securing $1 billion from a consortium of banks, with a further $500 million of convertible notes planned.