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  • Zouk Capital invests £30m in UK battery energy storage projects

    13 July 2017

    Private equity firm Zouk Capital will invest £30 million ($38.7 million) in developer Green Hedge Energy to fund battery energy storage projects in the UK.

  • US Bancorp to stop financing fossil fuel pipelines

    22 May 2017

    US Bancorp, the second oldest charted bank in the US, will not invest in future oil and gas pipelines as part of a landmark new environmental policy.

  • Energy storage 'poised for rapid growth'

    07 September 2016

    Energy storage is poised to grow rapidly in the UK but, if its potential is to be realised, it needs supportive market and policy signals, according to a report.

  • Investors raise €1.6bn for offshore wind

    12 August 2016

    A group of investors, led by Partners Group, have raised approximately €500 million ($557 million) in equity and €1.2 billion in debt, for a 400MW offshore wind farm.

  • Recurrent agrees $180m debt facility for Californian solar project

    05 January 2016

    Recurrent Energy has secured debt financing of approximately $180 million for its Astoria 2 solar power project in California.

  • Canadian Solar unit, Recurrent, secures $260m debt financing

    23 November 2015

    Recurrent Energy, a major developer of North American solar energy projects, has agreed $260 million of debt financing for its Astoria photovoltaic project in Kern County, California.

  • GIB backs £107m waste-to-energy project

    05 November 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has taken a major equity stake in a waste-to-energy plant in Northern Ireland.

  • Starwood secures financing for 165MW Texas wind farm

    19 August 2014

    Starwood Energy Group, a private US investment firm specialising in energy infrastructure, has reached agreements with a group of banks to finance its second wind farm, a 165MW project in Texas.

  • GE enters Japanese solar market

    09 June 2014

    GE's financial services arm has entered the Japanese solar market after investing in a 32MW project.

  • GE makes move into Indian solar market

    25 April 2014

    GE has made its first move into solar generation in India, teaming up with developer Welspun Renewables on a 151MW project this week – one of the largest solar developments in the world, it claims.