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  • SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust buys US portfolio stake for $110m

    30 December 2019

    Energy efficiency investment fund SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT) has agreed to buy a 50% stake in a US industrial portfolio for $110 million in cash.

  • SDCL raises £100m in first-of-its-kind energy efficiency IPO

    10 December 2018

    Sustainable Development Capital Limited (SDCL) shrugged off tumultuous market conditions to raise £100 million ($130 million) by floating an energy efficiency yieldco.

  • SDCL to raise £150m in energy efficiency float

    23 November 2018

    A fund that will invest in energy infrastructure has launched a bid to raise £150 million by floating on the London market.

  • Judicial review sought over sale of GIB

    01 March 2017

    A firm vying to acquire the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has launched a legal challenge in the High Court over the government's decision to award Australian bank Macquarie Capital preferred bidder status.

  • UK government denies reports of IPO for green bank

    23 January 2017

    A report that the UK government is considering floating the Green Investment Bank on the London Stock Exchange, instead of a private sale to Macquarie, has been denied.

  • A golden age of financial innovation?

    30 July 2014

    Excitement is building ahead of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's environmental summit for world leaders in New York in September.

  • Building the energy efficiency market

    24 July 2014

    Sustainable Development Capital is on a roll after announcing a string of deals and partnerships in the energy efficiency space. Its CEO Jonathan Maxwell tells Peter Cripps why his business model is now ready for 'show time'

  • ReEnergise secures UK energy efficiency investment

    25 June 2014

    ReEnergise Finance is to receive £2 million to support its energy efficiency projects, from investors including the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB).

  • €35m raised for Irish energy efficiency fund as it inks first deal

    09 May 2014

    The Irish government has launched an energy efficiency fund after reaching a €35 million ($48 million) first close, with more than half the capital coming from the private sector.

  • SDCL attracts Chinese partner for UK-China energy efficiency fund

    24 April 2014

    Sustainable Development Capital LLC (SDCL) has signed a partnership agreement with Avic International, a large diversified Chinese industrial company, to develop energy efficiency projects in China and the UK.