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  • Israeli wave energy firm agrees $325m project in Guinea-Bissau

    07 May 2015

    A 500MW wave energy project has been agreed in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, costing $325 million.

  • Climate Change Capital spins out private equity arm

    06 March 2015

    Climate Change Capital (CCC) is spinning out its €200 million ($221 million) private equity arm into a standalone venture.

  • The best performing funds of 2014: Tareno Waterfund

    27 January 2015

    The water theme continues to provide strong returns. Tareno Waterfund, the best performing fund of 2014, splashed out on emerging market and small cap stocks. Peter Cripps reports

  • Neil Woodford: incentives prevent long-term investing

    29 September 2014

    Neil Woodford, widely seen as the UK's most successful fund manager, has blamed the structure of incentive packages for preventing many fund managers from investing for the long-term.

  • World's largest tidal stream project completes £51m financing

    18 September 2014

    Financing for the first stage of the world's largest tidal stream project has been completed, after it raised £51.3 million ($83.5 million).

  • Neil Woodford buys stake in Leaf Clean Energy

    09 May 2014

    Neil Woodford, arguably the UK's most famous fund manager, has taken a significant share in a US-based company that invests in renewables firms.

  • Terra Firma's EverPower buys 240MW wind farm

    09 April 2014

    Suzlon Energy has sold its 240MW Big Sky wind farm in Illinois to EverPower Wind Holdings, a Pittsburgh-based company owned by UK private equity group Terra Firma, for an undisclosed sum.

  • German fuel cell company attracts new VC investors

    27 February 2014

    Sunfire, a German developer of high-temperature fuel cells, has secured a "high seven-figure" sum in second-round financing, which attracted two new investors – Total Energy Ventures and Electranova Capital.

  • Maker of water-saving washing machines 'eyes float'

    27 January 2014

    The developer of environmentally-friendly washing machines is reportedly mulling a public listing.

  • $100m securitisation fund aims to open energy efficiency markets to investors

    22 January 2014

    A new type of securitisation fund launched today aims to open the energy efficiency markets to investors, with similarities to the way SolarCity's bonds helped make rooftop solar accessible to institutions.