News

  • S&P takes on 'challenge' of climate change by expanding range of low-carbon indexes

    18 September 2015

    S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has expanded its family of low-carbon indexes to cover more regions.

  • GIB forms partnership with Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

    18 September 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult are to collaborate in an attempt to boost offshore renewable energy investments in the UK.

  • NRG spins off renewables into "Greenco" in restructuring

    18 September 2015

    US energy developer NRG Energy is to spin off a separate renewable energy unit as part of a $1 billion restructuring plan.

  • CLP issues first corporate bond in India

    18 September 2015

    India's largest wind developer CLP Wind Farms has issued its first corporate green bond, with a INR6 billion ($91.2 million) redeemable non-convertible bond.

  • NextEra Energy Partners raises $910m in equity

    18 September 2015

    NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), the yieldco subsidiary of renewable developer NextEra Energy Resources, has raised $910 million in equity.

  • Sunlight Financial secures $300m in financing

    17 September 2015

    US residential solar financing firm Sunlight Financial has secured $300 million in debt and equity funding.

  • CTX hires carbon markets pioneer Michael Walsh

    16 September 2015

    Michael Walsh, co-founder of the pioneering Chicago Climate Exchange, has been appointed managing director, public policy & research, at the Carbon Trade Exchange.

  • ABN Amro introduces sustainability data into property lending

    16 September 2015

    Netherlands-based bank ABN Amro has introduced Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to its real estate lending process.

  • Feedback required for geothermal standards in the green bond market

    16 September 2015

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) is calling for feedback on planned criteria for geothermal-based green bonds.

  • 22GW of missed capacity if renewable tax break ends, says SEIA

    16 September 2015

    The amount of solar power capacity constructed in the US could be hit by up to 22GW if a form of incentive known as Investment Tax Credits (ITC) is allowed to expire at the end of 2016, according to research.