Impax predicts increased pressure on textiles industry in 2020

Impax Asset Management expects the textiles industry will become the 'new plastic' in terms of increased…

Equity,Renewables

Solarcentury secures €55m facility to fund Spanish solar plant construction

Solar energy firm Solarcentury has secured facilities worth €54.8 million ($61.3 million) from a pair…

Debt,Renewables

BNP Paribas closes first sustainability linked loan in Canada

BNP Paribas has closed a bilateral, incentive-linked corporate revolving credit facility (RCF) with Canadian…

Renewables

Futures contracts launched based on California's fuel standards

The first physically delivered futures contracts based on the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)…

Carbon,Markets,Renewables

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust buys US portfolio stake for $110m

Energy efficiency investment fund SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT) has agreed to buy a 50%…

Renewables

Shipping industry's $5bn decarbonisation research commitment judged too small

Proposals by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) for a $5 billion levy on shipping to fund research…

Carbon,Renewables

Genex seals financing for solar projects in $192m deal

Power generation company Genex has reached financial close and refinancing of an existing debt facility…

Renewables

Foresight snaps up first Nordic wind farm project

Renewables

Cubico sells stake in UK wind and solar portfolio

Renewables firm Cubico Sustainable Investments (Cubico) has agreed to sell a 49% equity stake in its…

Renewables

Record $1bn first close for BlackRock renewables fund

BlackRock has reached a "record" $1 billion first close of its Global Renewable Power III (GRP III) fund…

Renewables

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners renewables fund raises $1bn

An emerging markets-focused fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) secured $1 billion…

Renewables

Macquarie completes first biogas investment

Macquarie Capital Principal Finance has completed the majority acquisition of BioCow, a producer of biogas…

Equity,Investment,Renewables

UK-Indian renewables company receives $150m investment from Masdar

Renewables firm Hero Future Energies (HFE) has received a $150 million investment from Abu Dhabi Future…

Renewables

Oil Fund aims for 1% of investments in renewables by 2022

The managers of the $1.1 trillion Norwegian sovereign wealth fund have set a target to invest about 1%…

ESG,Investment,Renewables

Pattern Energy acquired by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) will acquire Pattern Energy in an all-cash transaction…

Investment,Renewables

Austrian energy company receives EIB's second Green Loan

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to grant Austria-based Energie Steiermark a €90 million ($100 million)…

Investment,Renewables

Macquarie inks two UK renewables deals

Australian investment bank Macquarie is to finance a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy project undertaken…

Renewables

Greencoat Capital acquires biomass plant from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Renewables investor Greencoat Capital has acquired the 40MW Templeborough Biomass Power Plant (TBPP)…

Investment,Renewables

Cubico agrees first green loan for Italian wind assets

Renewables firm Cubico Sustainable Investments has achieved financial close on its first green loan for…

Renewables

Green bond market on track to hit $1trn next summer, says SEB

Cumulative issuance of green bonds, since the market began in 2007, has reached $800 billion which means…

Green Bonds,Renewables