News

• Glennmont boosts French wind holdings to more than 100MW

  02 February 2015

  Glennmont Partners, one of Europe's largest clean energy investors, has bought three more operating wind farms in France, taking its wind capacity in the country to more than 100MW.

• SunEdison and Terraform close $2.4bn First Wind deal, issuing green bond

  30 January 2015

  SunEdison and Terraform Power have completed their $2.4 billion acquisition of renewable energy company First Wind

• First Wind helps 2014 renewables deals rise by $3bn

  30 January 2015

  SunEdison's blockbuster acquisition of First Wind helped the value of renewables deals in 2014 increase by 13%, a report has revealed.

• Shell bows to investor pressure over carbon disclosure

  29 January 2015

  Royal Dutch Shell has caved in to demands from shareholders that it increases reporting on its carbon management.

• Moringa agro-forestry fund makes first investment

  29 January 2015

  Agro-forestry fund Moringa has made its first investment, forming a long-term partnership with "one of the largest coffee farms in Central America" to promote sustainable agriculture.

• Institutions 'shying away from construction risk', warns Hg's Murley

  29 January 2015

  Institutional investors are increasingly snapping up stakes in operational renewables assets, but their lack of willingness to take construction risk is a "cause for concern", according to an industry veteran.

• Pension funds publish reporting guide for asset managers

  28 January 2015

  A group of pension funds with more than £200 billion ($300 billion) of assets has published a guide intended to improve asset managers' performance when it comes to responsible investment (RI) reporting.

• Green bonds 'need to attract additional capital'

  28 January 2015

  The green bond market is currently little more than "a marketing tool" because it has often failed to channel additional capital into environmental projects, according to an influential renewables financier.

• Itau-Unibanco raises $408m for renewables in Brazil

  28 January 2015

  Itau-Unibanco, Brazil's largest privately owned bank, has raised BRL1.05 billion ($408 million) from a mix of public and private sector institutions to finance renewable energy and water projects.

• Foresight hits £130m in waste investment

  28 January 2015

  Infrastructure investment firm Foresight Group said it has invested a total of £130 million ($197 million) in waste-processing projects.