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Private solar trading platform launched
05 June 2013An online solar photovoltaic marketplace has launched a new private trading platform for utility-scale projects.
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Burmese opportunities
04 June 2013As Myanmar opens for foreign investment, the opportunity to pursue a sustainable development pathway is within reach – if the climate finance flows can be achieved. Joshua Speckman looks at the opportunities for investors, and finds they are abundant
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Bluefield plans £150m solar PV fund float
30 May 2013A UK solar PV investment fund has announced plans to raise £150 million ($228 million) in a stock market listing.
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New sustainability index family launched
30 May 2013A new family of indexes has been launched to offer investors "more sustainable versions of standard global equity benchmarks".
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Novel structure helps PensionDanmark support onshore wind project
29 May 2013An innovative funding structure has enabled Danish pension fund PensionDanmark to participate in the debt financing of the €336 million ($435 million) Jadraas wind farm, the largest onshore wind project in the Nordic region.
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IPO plans for New Zealand's Meridian advance
28 May 2013The New Zealand government has moved forward with its plans for a billion-dollar public listing of renewable energy company Meridian Energy.
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Offshore wind farm 'to attract £1bn investment'
24 May 2013Plans for a 504MW wind farm off the UK coast have been given the go-ahead, in a move with the potential to attract £1 billion ($1.5 billion) of private investment.
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New markets tempt investors into timber
23 May 2013Forestry is growing in favour as an asset class for institutional investors but the market is being restructured by economic and demographic changes and growing demand for bioenergy, says David Brand of investment manager New Forests.
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Tesla wins over investors in $1bn fundraising
21 May 2013Electric car maker Tesla Motors has raised more than $1 billion, of which $600 million came from convertible bonds.
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Alliance Trust reveals full SRI equity holdings
20 May 2013Asset manager Alliance Trust has, for the first time, disclosed the entire holdings of its sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) equity funds as part of a transparency drive.