Deals of the Year

• Energy efficiency 2016: Renew Financial and Citi

  23 March 2016

  Buildings account for some 40% of global energy consumption, but opportunities to invest in energy efficiency in real estate can be hard to find, and the market remains frustratingly fragmented. So, when Renew Financial issued the world's first securitisation of a portfolio of energy efficiency loans, it was hailed as the birth of a new and welcome asset class.

• Wind 2016: Veja Mate

  23 March 2016

  Germany overtook the UK as Europe's fastest growing offshore wind market in 2015, according to the European Wind Energy Association. Veja Mate, its largest ever non-recourse debt financed project, is a testament to this market's vibrancy.

• Solar 2016: Shams Ma'an

  23 March 2016

  The 52.5MW Shams Ma'an solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant is unique in many ways.

• Bioenergy 2016: Enviva Partners

  23 March 2016

  Sustainable wood pellet producer Enviva Partners' flotation was trailblazing because it was the sector's first master limited partnership (MLP).

• Weather Risk Management 2016: Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Infigen Energy wind hedge

  23 March 2016

  Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has repeated its success in the Weather Risk Management category – this time for a wind hedge in Australia.

• IPO 2016: 8point3 Energy Partners

  23 March 2016

  In a challenging year for yieldcos, 8point3 Energy Partners remains a shining example of the promise of the model.

• Deals of the Year 2015

  01 April 2015

  The low-interest, low-yield environment of recent years has been a curse for many investors, but it has, at least, helped advance renewables' cause.

  

• Solar: Capital Stage/Gothaer Versicherung

  01 April 2015

  A European renewables firm and an insurance company have formed a novel partnership whose structure could become a model for other clean energy companies across the globe looking to raise capital.

• Wind: Project Gemini

  01 April 2015

  Gemini's record-breaking size attracted countless headlines, but the project also broke new ground in the way it was financed.

• Bioenergy: Speyside biomass CHP project

  01 April 2015

  The world famous Macallan whisky distillery in Scotland is a beneficiary of this year's Bioenergy Deal of the Year. The winning transaction uses public and private finance to develop a combined heat and power (CHP) project which will supply all the steam needed for the distilling process as well as green power to the national grid.