News

• SolarCity's shares up 7% on back of new $400m fund

  03 September 2015

  SolarCity's announcement of a new $400 million fund has reversed months of falls in its share price.

• Macquarie and Old Mutual in venture to develop hydro power in Africa

  02 September 2015

  African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a company owned by Australian investment bank Macquarie and Old Mutual Investment Group of South Africa, has formed a partnership with French hydro power equipment maker Mecamidi to develop clean power projects in Africa.

• Trillium launches second ESG mutual fund

  02 September 2015

  Trillium Asset Management has launched a second mutual fund, this time to invest in small and mid-cap companies with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials.

• Real estate sector boosts on-site renewables use

  02 September 2015

  The global real estate sector increased its use of on-site renewable energy last year by 50%, and achieved a 3% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to an industry survey.

• Solar tower developer bags 'company-changing' $110m investment from Japanese fund

  01 September 2015

  Australian firm EnviroMission has agreed a $110 million deal with a Japanese fund for a solar tower project in the US.

• Nord LB provides €85m for two Italian wind farms

  01 September 2015

  German commercial bank Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (Nord LB) has provided €85 million ($96 million) of equity financing for German renewables developer WSB Group to help construct two wind farms in Italy.

• Stranded assets and bankruptcy threaten US coal miners, says S&P

  01 September 2015

  Environmental regulations and supply-demand imbalances threaten to force more US coal mining firms into bankruptcy, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor's.

• US Clean Power Plan means markets must adopt shadow carbon price 'starting today', says Citi

  01 September 2015

  Financial markets should factor 'shadow' carbon prices into investments "starting today", say strategists at Citi in a report on the impact of the US Clean Power Plan (CPP).

• US municipals are 'fastest growing part of green bond market' in 2015

  28 August 2015

  The rapid growth of the US municipal green bond market was highlighted today by figures that show the market has already exceeded the previous year's issuance value, with four months remaining.

• Two Swedish real estate firms each issue SEK500m green bonds

  28 August 2015

  Swedish municipal housing associations Stångåstaden and Uppsalahem have become the latest real estate firms to tap the green bond market after they both priced SEK500 million ($58 million) issues.