News

  • Aligera added to Nasdaq Sustainable Bond list after acquiring Cicero second opinion

    24 August 2015

    Swedish renewable investment company Aligera has acquired a second opinion on its SEK500 million ($60.4 million) corporate bond, in a move that allowed it to be added to Nasdaq Stockholm's Sustainable Bond list.

  • Africa's first grid-connected anaerobic digestion plant set to sell carbon credits to UK

    24 August 2015

    Supermarkets in the UK are expected to buy carbon credits from Africa's first grid-connected anaerobic digestion plant, which was opened last week.

  • UK investor 3i takes 50% stake in offshore transmission venture

    24 August 2015

    3i Infrastructure, a London-listed investment firm, has paid £23 million ($36 million) for a 50% stake in the offshore transmission owner (OFTO) of the UK's West of Duddon Sands wind farm. The remaining equity in the project will be acquired by Macquarie Capital.

  • EIB smashes €10bn green bond mark with new CAB

    21 August 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has added to its range of Climate Awareness Bonds (CABs), in a deal that was upsized to €600 million ($677 million) amid strong demand.

  • PNE Wind completes cornerstone yieldco asset

    21 August 2015

    PNE Wind's yieldco took a step closer towards lift off after the German wind farm developer completed the construction of its 57.6MW Chransdorf wind farm.

  • Private equity firm gets $59m backing for Peruvian hydro

    20 August 2015

    A Peruvian hydropower company has secured a $59 million loan from a series of investors to construct two projects in the country.

  • New York State green bond raises $368m and attracts new investors

    20 August 2015

    New York State has raised a further $367.6 million as part of a green bond issue focused on water projects.

  • Consortium lands 'unprecedented' debt package for Australian wind

    20 August 2015

    John Laing and other investors have landed 'an unprecedented' financing package to build an Australian wind farm.

  • EIB eyes investment in new BlackRock renewables fund

    20 August 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) is considering investing in a new BlackRock renewable energy fund.

  • CPI calls for action on investor climate exposure

    20 August 2015

    Investors, regulators and standard-setters have been urged to drive forward environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure initiatives to help define "climate exposure", in a report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI).