News

  • Waste Management prices $1.8bn of notes

    20 February 2015

    A waste management firm that generates 550MW of energy from gas has priced $1.8 billion of senior notes.

  • Jordan awards tenders for 200MW of renewables projects

    19 February 2015

    Jordan has awarded contracts to 12 solar projects and two wind farms, totalling 200MW, in its first renewable energy tender.

  • Foresight to raise up to £145m

    19 February 2015

    Foresight Solar Fund plans to return to the equity market early next month, in a move that could see it raise up to £145 million ($223 million).

  • Citi's $100bn environmental pledge

    18 February 2015

    Citi has made a $100 billion commitment to over the next decade help finance and "facilitate" activities that provide solutions to environmental problems such as climate change.

  • Efficient engine firm wins award for innovation in cleantech

    18 February 2015

    A technology firm has been awarded Cleantech Innovate's prize for developing a free-piston system to improve energy efficiency.

  • Roadshow ahead for €500m German sustainability bond with 'green' focus

    18 February 2015

    A German state hopes to issue a €500 million ($569 million) 'sustainability bond' with a focus on green investment.

  • Delaying MSR to 2021 risks 'lost decade' for cleantech investment

    18 February 2015

    Introducing the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) into the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) in 2021, as proposed by the European Commission, "risks undermining investment in clean technology," according to international researchers.

  • Macquarie refinances UK biomass firms with £190m bond

    18 February 2015

    Macquarie has issued a £190 million ($286 million) bond to refinance two biomass companies held by one of its funds.

  • Mainstream and Actis form $1.9bn Africa renewables 'platform'

    18 February 2015

    Project developer Mainstream Renewable Power and emerging market private equity firm Actis have teamed up to form a $1.9 billion pan-African renewable energy platform.

  • GIB in £100m community-scale funding drive

    17 February 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has launched a £100 million ($154 million) initiative which it claims will be the largest single source of equity funding for community-scale renewables in the country.