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  • KKR and Google join forces to invest in US solar

    15 November 2013

    Private equity giant KKR has partnered with Google to invest in a portfolio of US solar projects, in a deal understood to be worth $400 million.

  • South-east Asia clean energy fund closes at $164m

    11 November 2013

    A fund focused on clean energy projects in south-east Asia has reached a final close of $164 million, exceeding its target.

  • Hong Kong-listed solar firm to buy bankrupt Suntech unit for $492m

    04 November 2013

    A Chinese solar company will pay RMB3 billion ($492 million) to acquire the insolvent manufacturing unit of solar panel giant Suntech.

  • Italian environmental fund exceeds target for first close

    29 October 2013

    Ambienta, an Italian private equity investment manager, has announced the first close of its second fund focussed on European environmental technology companies.

  • Macquarie targets Japanese solar through ¥100bn joint venture

    23 October 2013

    Macquarie Capital and Japanese construction and engineering group Maeda Corporation have launched a joint venture to invest in and raise finance for solar power projects.

  • Gates takes €113m stake in Spain's FCC

    22 October 2013

    Microsoft founder Bill Gates has bought a 6% stake in Spanish infrastructure and environmental services company FCC for €113.5 million ($155.9 million).

  • Advanced biofuels maker gets $100m from Khosla, Gates

    22 October 2013

    Khosla Ventures and Gates Ventures have, in two separate transactions, committed to invest a total of $100 million to help a US manufacturer of non-food biofuels to expand its production capacity.

  • Voting begins in 14th annual Environmental Finance rankings

    15 October 2013

    Voting has opened in the annual Environmental Finance market rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.

  • Fixed income focus needed 'to scale up impact investing'

    15 October 2013

    Impact investing companies should move away from its focus on private equity and offer more fixed income products to attract institutional investors, a conference has heard.

  • Chinese PV maker bids for stake in bankrupt Suntech unit

    09 October 2013

    A Chinese solar panel manufacturer has disclosed plans to inject cash into Suntech's insolvent manufacturing unit as it placed a bid for a stake in the debt-laden solar module giant.