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  • HanETF to close two clean energy ETFs

    08 February 2024

    HanETF plans to shut down a solar-focused and a clean energy exchange-traded fund (ETF), citing a "failure to gather assets".

  • Brookfield raises $10bn for second energy transition fund

    05 February 2024

    Brookfield Asset Management has held a first close for its second energy transition fund, raising $10 billion.

  • Consultants chosen to develop avoided emissions standard

    25 January 2024

    A group of asset managers has selected two consultants to develop a database that will 'standardise and give transparency' to the calculation of avoided greenhouse gas emissions.

  • 'Underfunded' hydrogen bank a gap in EU's riposte to US IRA, investor says

    25 January 2024

    The EU's Hydrogen Bank is "underfunded", creating a major gap in the bloc's efforts to respond to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and spur investment in renewables, according to one of the world's largest specialist investors in wind and solar energy.

  • Wheb introduces climate adaptation theme following hottest year on record

    25 January 2024

    Impact investor Wheb Asset Management has introduced a climate adaptation sub-theme, as global warming pushed temperatures to another record year in 2023.

  • 'Absurdly cheap' renewables firms present buying opportunity, says GMO

    16 January 2024

    Clean energy firms are "ridiculously cheap", following a sell-off in recent months, according to GMO.

  • 'Overconfident' UK urged to shore-up investor confidence in solar market

    12 January 2024

    NextEnergy, an infrastructure and solar investor, has called on the UK government to act faster to ensure the attractiveness of the country's solar market,...

  • Iberdrola secures €300m EM-focused 'sustainability-linked green' loan

    10 January 2024

    Iberdrola has signed a €300 million ($328 million) sustainability-linked green loan with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) which will be used to finance renewable energy projects in coal-reliant emerging markets.

  • Mirova bullish about European renewables as it trumpets wind exit

    09 January 2024

    Mirova said it continues to see opportunities in the European renewables market despite the macroeconomic outlook, as it exited a wind project investment that saw its valuation boosted by higher energy prices.

  • Pattern Energy signs record-breaking $8.8bn green loan

    02 January 2024

    US renewable energy developer Pattern Energy has secured $8.8 billion of green loan facilities as part of a financing deal for its SunZia wind power infrastructure project, with the deal the largest green loan transaction to date.