News

• Canadian Solar closes £35m facility with Investec

  08 June 2015

  Canadian Solar has closed a £35 million ($53 million) project financing facility with Investec for a portfolio of four UK solar plants earmarked for its planned yieldco.

• Green bond market sees first Brazilian issuer in €500m deal

  08 June 2015

  Brazilian food giant BRF has become the first Brazilian company to tap the green bond market.

• Solar giant plans $500m share offering

  08 June 2015

  The world's largest solar cell manufacturer is planning to raise $500 million through a share offering.

• Apax prepares to exit from bioenergy firm Albioma

  08 June 2015

  Private equity fund Apax France VI is to distribute more than 95% of its holding in bioenergy company Albioma to investors in the fund.

• Business coalition calls for zero emissions 'well before end of century'

  08 June 2015

  A coalition of businesses and NGOs has written an open letter calling for world leaders to back an ambitious "zero emissions" policy at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) in December.

• MSCI gains new ESG research head

  05 June 2015

  Sustainability expert Antti Savilaakso has joined MSCI as European head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research.

• Carbon Tracker report warns utilities of coal death spiral

  05 June 2015

  The Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) has fired another shot across the bows of the coal sector, in a report that warns the utilities reliant on the commodity are trapped in a "death spiral".

• Climate change will create financial 'winners and losers', says Mercer

  04 June 2015

  Investment portfolios will see "winners and losers" as a result of climate change, according to research by Mercer, and investors need to adopt their portfolios accordingly.

• Vivint Solar moves into commercial and industrial sector with $150m fund

  04 June 2015

  US-based residential solar energy provider Vivint Solar is set to expand to commercial and industrial markets with the launch of a new $150 million fund.

• NextEnergy to float second solar energy yieldco

  04 June 2015

  NextEnergy Capital, a specialist UK merchant bank, is to float it second yieldco, which will invest in utility-scale solar energy assets in the EU (ex-UK).