News

• SEK inaugural $500m green bond is first from a European export credit institution

  18 June 2015

  Sweden's Export Credit Institution (SEK) revealed that it has successfully priced its first $500 million green bond.

• NextEnergy aims to raise up to €500m in yieldco IPO

  18 June 2015

  NextEnergy Capital, the European solar investor, aims to raise up to €500 million ($563 million) by floating a European-focused yieldco.

• New financing tools required for CCS, say analysts

  18 June 2015

  A range of new financing mechanisms will be required to stimulate widespread deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Europe, according to UK researchers.

• EU bioethanol sector optimistic despite 'damaging' 2014

  17 June 2015

  Optimism has returned to the EU's bioethanol sector after a "damaging" year blighted by policy uncertainty and falling prices.

• White House announces more than $4bn clean energy initiative

  17 June 2015

  More than $4 billion in private sector commitments have been pledged to the White House's Clean Energy Initiative at its climate change summit.

• World Bank smashes $500m in index-linked green bonds

  17 June 2015

  The World Bank has broken through the $500 million mark for its index-linked green bond issuance.

• Citi and Renew Financial issue first ever unsecured energy efficiency ABS

  17 June 2015

  Citi and Renew Financial have issued the first ever asset-backed security (ABS) transaction comprised of unsecured consumer energy efficiency loans.

• Winners of Environmental Finance's Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings see better times ahead

  17 June 2015

  Sentiment in the voluntary carbon market remains bullish despite prices continuing to come under pressure, according to the latest survey of the market by Environmental Finance.

• TerraForm Global brings fundraising to nearly $600m before IPO

  16 June 2015

  Developing markets yieldco, TerraForm Global, is set to raise more than $400 million through private placements in addition to its recent fundraising.

• SunEdison bags two more renewables companies for new yieldco

  16 June 2015

  SunEdison has bought two more renewable energy companies for its yieldco, continuing an unrivalled spate of acquisitions in the sector in recent months.