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  • Oil firms demand worldwide carbon pricing in open letter

    01 June 2015

    A group of six oil companies have called for the introduction of a global carbon price as part of "ambitious policy frameworks" to help tackle climate change, in an open letter to world leaders.

  • Jigar Shah launches Generate Capital

    05 December 2014

    SunEdison founder Jigar Shah has joined forces with a number of other big hitters in the renewables space to launch what it claims is "the first dedicated resource-efficiency finance company".

  • Ingenious sells solar portfolio to firm bullish on UK market

    21 November 2014

    Ingenious Clean Energy has sold a tranche of its renewable energy portfolio to a US investment firm.

  • Investors should move on stranded asset risk 'sooner rather than later', warns bank

    28 October 2014

    Investors with a focus on sustainability should begin to take action to mitigate the threat of 'stranded fossil fuel assets' sooner rather than later, a bank research note has advised.

  • Carbon Tracker identifies potential stranded assets in oil majors

    15 August 2014

    Projected capital expenditure by Total and ExxonMobil is more heavily dependent on high oil prices than that of other oil majors, according to the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI), a financial think tank.

  • Why investing in renewable energy companies is high risk

    14 August 2014

    Investors should beware renewables companies that base their business models on government decisions, says Annerose Tashiro

  • GIB, Marubeni refinance equity stake in UK offshore wind farm

    11 August 2014

    The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Japanese trading firm Marubeni have refinanced part of their 50% stake in the 210MW Westermost Rough wind farm off the east coast of England.

  • ADB issues $50m 'risk sharing loan' to Indonesia geothermal project

    25 July 2014

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has reinforced its commitment to kickstart Indonesia's geothermal sector by providing a $50 million 'risk sharing loan' to help a 240MW project get off the ground.

  • Ingenious completes solar acquisition with loan from Barclays

    20 May 2014

    Ingenious Clean Energy has completed the £27 million ($45 million) acquisition of three solar farms, after securing a £14.5 million loan from Barclays.

  • NextEnergy reduces IPO target to £85m

    11 April 2014

    NextEnergy Solar Fund today for the second time revised downwards the amount it hopes to raise from its upcoming IPO, blaming the loss of a potential cornerstone investor.