Archive

  • Brookfield expands into Europe with €495m acquisition

    27 March 2014

    Brookfield Renewables Energy Partners has agreed to pay some €700 million ($963 million) for 17 wind farms in Ireland, marking its first move into the European market.

  • The next generation

    27 March 2014

    US President Barack Obama is forging ahead with federal guidelines to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. Katie Kouchakji looks at what form the standards could take, the implications for investors

  • Building a green energy infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa

    Geoff Sinclair and Fenella Aouane review the fast growing renewable energy market in Africa and the financing opportunities it presents

  • Investors push for new ESG listing rules

    27 March 2014

    An initiative backed by more than 100 institutional investors has been launched this week, pushing for standardised sustainability reporting across all stock exchanges.

  • SSE to slash investment in UK wind farms

    26 March 2014

    Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has today said it would abandon proposed investments in four offshore wind projects and two onshore wind projects in the UK.

  • John Laing gets its £160m renewables IPO away

    26 March 2014

    UK infrastructure company John Laing succeeded in publicly listing a renewables fund today, although it took a larger-than-previously-expected stake in the £160 million ($262 million) offering.

  • Banco Pine secures $115m loan for renewables funding

    26 March 2014

    Banco Pine has secured a $115 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank and Commerzbank, which it will use to fund renewables projects in Brazil.

  • Green bond raises $232.5m for Swedish firm SCA

    26 March 2014

    Swedish consumer goods company SCA has issued its first green bond, raising SEK1.5 billion ($232.5 million).

  • US utilities join forces to develop solar projects

    25 March 2014

    Two leading developers of renewable energy in the US – Sempra US Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison (ConEdison) Development – are to work together to develop five solar projects in California and Nevada, with a combined capacity of 360MW.

  • SolarCity raises $250m for US solar

    25 March 2014

    SolarCity has secured $250 million in debt to develop further rooftop solar projects, it has announced.