Archive

  • GIB raises £463m for world's first offshore wind fund

    01 April 2015

    A fund launched by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) to finance offshore wind projects has reached its first close, having raised £463 million ($684 million).

  • Deals of the Year 2015

    01 April 2015

    The low-interest, low-yield environment of recent years has been a curse for many investors, but it has, at least, helped advance renewables' cause.

  • Solar: Capital Stage/Gothaer Versicherung

    01 April 2015

    A European renewables firm and an insurance company have formed a novel partnership whose structure could become a model for other clean energy companies across the globe looking to raise capital.

  • IPO: Abengoa Yield

    01 April 2015

    When Abengoa Yield(ABY) floated on the NASDAQ in June, raising more than $828 million, demand outstripped supply by 17 times.

  • M&A: SunEdison and Terraform acquisition of First Wind

    01 April 2015

    SunEdison became the world's largest renewable energy developer when it took part in the acquisition of First Wind, in a deal worth $2.4 billion.

  • Carbon: ClimateCare's ethanol cookstoves fund

    01 April 2015

    This year's award winner in the carbon finance category combines government grants with pure carbon finance to create a revolving fund that supports a new market in clean cookstoves.

  • Personality of the Year: Mats Andersson

    01 April 2015

    Pension funds are generally staid and conservative. But as CEO of the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4), Mats Andersson has not been afraid to stick his head above the parapet.

  • Canadian Solar bags 'cornerstone assets' for new yieldco

    31 March 2015

    Canadian Solar has completed its $265 million acquisition of Recurrent Energy, in a deal it said will provide the "cornerstone" assets for its imminent yieldco.

  • TRIG to increase equity raise to £102m

    27 March 2015

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has increased the number of shares it expects to sell today to 100 million as a result of strong demand from institutional investors.

  • Cicero introduces 'shades of green' to second-opinion market

    27 March 2015

    Cicero has updated its methodology for assessing green bonds, creating a three-tier scale of 'greenness'.