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  • New financing structures support bullish outlook for solar power – Citi

    13 August 2014

    The outlook for solar energy globally "is increasingly bright", according to equities analysts at investment bank Citi.

  • Canadian Solar considering Japan-only yieldco

    13 August 2014

    Canadian Solar has said next year it will decide whether to launch a yieldco, which may focus solely on its projects in Japan.

  • India's Inox Wind aims to raise $163 million

    13 August 2014

    Indian wind energy company Inox Wind has revived plans for an initial public offering (IPO) which it first filed in July last year.

  • NRG closes Alta Wind deal after fundraising success

    13 August 2014

    NRG Yield has completed its $870 million acquisition of the largest wind farm in North America.

  • Bond investors ponder fifty shades of green

    12 August 2014

    Recent green bond issues have attracted mainstream as well as committed 'socially responsible' investors. But their views on what qualifies as 'green' can differ dramatically, as Graham Cooper reports

  • SolarCity on track to double deployment in 2015

    12 August 2014

    SolarCity, a leading US solar leasing company, is on track to deploy 500MW-550MW of photovoltaic (PV) systems this year and 900MW-1GW next year, the company said in a note accompanying its second quarter results.

  • New fund planned for Japanese 'mega-solar' projects

    12 August 2014

    Mitsui & Co. Plant Systems (MPS) and Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. are teaming up to launch a ¥7.7 billion ($75.2 million) Japanese 'mega-solar' fund.

  • Hannon Armstrong eyes $2bn of investment opportunities

    12 August 2014

    Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) said it retains a pipeline of potential investments worth more than $2 billion, after investing almost $1 billion since its IPO in April 2013.

  • GIB, Marubeni refinance equity stake in UK offshore wind farm

    11 August 2014

    The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Japanese trading firm Marubeni have refinanced part of their 50% stake in the 210MW Westermost Rough wind farm off the east coast of England.

  • Vattenfall and Stadtwerke Munchen invest €1.2bn in offshore wind project

    11 August 2014

    Swedish utility Vattenfall and Germany's Stadtwerke Munchen are to jointly invest about SEK11 billion (€1.2 billion) in a second 288MW wind farm in the North Sea.