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  • Foresight Solar eyes further share sales

    20 August 2014

    Foresight Solar Fund, the UK's largest listed solar energy fund, said it expects to raise further equity capital after assets funded by its existing £100 million ($166 million) debt facility become operational.

  • Greencoat takes majority stake in four more wind farms

    20 August 2014

    Greencoat UK Wind has bought a majority stake in four UK wind farms from subsidiaries of the New York-listed power company AES, for a total consideration of £90.6 million ($150 million).

  • Foresight agrees £100m solar loan facility

    19 May 2014

    Foresight Solar Fund has agreed a £100 million ($168.2 million) debt facility to help fund its plans to double its operating capacity over the next 12 months.

  • EIB raises £500m in its first Sterling green bond

    28 March 2014

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first Sterling-denominated green bond, raising £500 million ($831 million).

  • Pattern raises C$820 million debt for wind farm

    21 March 2014

    California-based energy company Pattern Energy is reported to have raised C$820 million ($728 million) of debt to finance a wind farm.

  • People moves

    05 March 2014

    The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including new positions for Ritu Kumar and Yvo de Boer. Stories involve companies such as Actis, KPMG, RBS, F&C, UNEP FI, PRI, Terra Firma, Verco, Sunrun and others.

  • NGOs claim victory as Arctic drilling platform plans scrapped

    25 October 2013

    Plans to build two Arctic oil drilling platforms have been scrapped after environmentalists warned the project's financiers that the activities would jeopardise the future of one of the most endangered whale species.

  • Debt providers eye merchant waste-to-energy plants, says banker

    18 September 2013

    Debt providers will increasingly consider investing in uncontracted waste-to-energy plants in the UK, as the number of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects being signed off is falling, according to an investor.

  • MidAmerican plans $700m solar bond

    14 June 2013

    Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy is planning to issue a $700 million bond to help finance its 579MW solar photovoltaic project in California, according to rating agencies.