News

  • Recurrent agrees $180m debt facility for Californian solar project

    05 January 2016

    Recurrent Energy has secured debt financing of approximately $180 million for its Astoria 2 solar power project in California.

  • HSBC predicts further growth in carbon pricing and green bonds

    05 January 2016

    More carbon pricing initiatives will be launched this year and further growth in the green bond market is expected, as countries start to implement their pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, say HSBC analysts.

  • E.On completes separation of renewable and fossil fuel units

    05 January 2016

    German utility E.On has placed its conventional power generation assets into a new entity, as it prepares to spin off the business, allowing it to focus on the rest of its operations, including renewable energy.

  • San Diego Unified School District issues $100m green bond

    05 January 2016

    The San Diego Unified School District has issued a $100 million green bond, announced in November.

  • EF BRIEFS: Canadian Solar, Dong Energy, Jinko Solar, Masdar, Japan, California, India

    04 January 2016

    Canadian Solar's share price is down some 5% since it announced plans to sell up to $100 million of equity.

  • ČEZ mandates Aquila to build wind portfolio

    04 January 2016

    Czech power company ČEZ-Group has signed a deal with Aquila Capital to help it build a wind power portfolio in Germany.

  • SunEdison in $336m equity/assets deal with investors

    30 December 2015

    Buyers of an exchangeable bond issued by a SunEdison subsidiary are to trade in $336 million of notes for assets and equity in its yieldco.

  • New Forests in sustainable Indonesian rubber deal

    23 December 2015

    Forestry investment manager New Forests has invested in a rubber plantation in Indonesia, in a deal it says will pave the way for more institutional investments in large-scale, sustainable forestry in the country.

  • EF Briefs: EBRD's green bond; Bluefield's solar deal

    23 December 2015

    EBRD issues IDR700bn green bond

  • ING returns to green bond market

    23 December 2015

    ING has issued its second green bond, this time in a private placement that raised $50 million.