Michael Hurley

Articles by Michael Hurley

  • Green bond issuance for cities climbs more than half in 2017

    07 August 2017

    Green bonds issued to fund climate-smart cities grew to $10 billion in the first half of 2017, a rise of 61% on the same period in 2016, according to a report.

  • People Moves: MSCI, Acciona, CBL, NatureBank

    04 August 2017

    Mervyn Tang has been appointed head of the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, by MSCI's ESG Research business.

  • Conergy acquisition to spark Australian solar battery storage growth

    04 August 2017

    Two US private equity funds have acquired solar energy company Conergy Asia, with plans to develop 1GW of combined solar-battery projects in Australia alone.

  • Impax fund outperforms benchmark by 2% despite missing out on Tesla boom

    03 August 2017

    Environmental-themed asset manager Impax's flagship investment trust has outperformed its benchmark by 2.6 percentage points in the first six months of the year.

  • ISO green bond standard working group to be established

    02 August 2017

    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has approved the development of an international green bond standard that experts say could strengthen the appeal of the green label for investors.

  • Azure Power issues $500m green bond

    31 July 2017

    Indian solar energy company Azure has issued a twice-oversubscribed green bond, shrugging off a turbulent Asian bonds market that has caused three other issues to be cancelled.

  • JP Morgan commits to $200bn clean financing by 2025

    28 July 2017

    US bank JP Morgan plans to invest $200 billion in clean financing projects by 2025, the largest commitment of its kind by a global financial institution, it said.

  • Grenergy buys into Argentinian wind market

    27 July 2017

    Spain-based project developer Grenergy has purchased a 24MW wind farm in Argentina as part of its South American expansion strategy, building on its presence in Chile, Mexico, Peru and Colombia, where it already operates 1.3GW of wind and solar projects.

  • Cubico acquires two Spanish solar plants

    27 July 2017

    Renewables investment firm Cubico has added 98.8MW to its portfolio of solar assets with the purchase of the Andasol 1 and 2 power plants in Spain.

  • BlackRock and Lightsource to create £1bn solar portfolio

    27 July 2017

    Asset manager BlackRock and UK-based solar energy firm Lightsource have agreed to jointly create a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) portfolio of solar power assets in the UK.