News

• Renewables supplier to issue its first corporate bond

  02 October 2013

  A UK renewable energy supplier is to tap the sterling bond market to help fuel its expansion drive.

• Development banks urged to help boost clean infrastructure investments

  30 September 2013

  Multilateral development banks should use their financial muscle to structure investment funds to fit the needs of institutional investors that want to avoid high-carbon infrastructure assets, a conference heard.

• Camco posts H1 loss but is optimistic for future

  30 September 2013

  Camco Clean Energy posted a pre-tax loss of €2.7 million for the first half of this year, compared with a profit of €658,000 in the same period last year.

• Guinness is good for renewables

  30 September 2013

  Guinness Asset Management is launching its fifth £10 million ($16 million) fund to support renewable energy companies in the UK.

• Standard Life Investments boosts sustainability team

  30 September 2013

  Standard Life Investments has appointed a new head of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) and added two managers to the team.

• IPCC's carbon budget provides new impetus to limit fossil fuel investments, say observers

  30 September 2013

  The 'carbon budget' set by scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report should help limit carbon-intensive investments, according to observers.

• Duke adds 400MW of wind capacity in Texas

  30 September 2013

  US power generator Duke Energy is to build two 200MW wind farms in Texas, taking its total wind generation capacity to more than 2GW.

• UK GIB-backed fund in £11m biomass deal

  30 September 2013

  A fund backed by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has "secured the long-term future" of a waste wood-burning biomass plant with an £11 million investment.

• Sarasin hires sustainable investment research head after staff exodus to rival

  27 September 2013

  Swiss bank J. Safra Sarasin has made new appointments to its sustainable investment team after losing more than 40 of its employees to a rival.

• Vestas and Mitsubishi form offshore wind joint venture

  27 September 2013

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will inject up to €300 million ($406 million) into a joint venture with wind turbine manufacturer Vestas, which aims to establish a strong position in the offshore market.