Archive

  • Sunnova takes fund raising to almost $900m

    22 October 2015

    Sunnova Energy has secured an additional $300 million in debt and equity funding to help expand its presence in the residential solar energy market in the US.

  • Impax sells wind farm portfolio to ERG Renew

    15 October 2015

    Impax Asset Management is to sell a 206MW portfolio of French and German wind farms to ERG Renew.

  • FTSE and Johannesburg Stock Exchange launch responsible investment indexes

    12 October 2015

    Index heavyweight FTSE Russell has launched a series of responsible investment indexes in partnership with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

  • Impax rides out equity market turmoil

    09 October 2015

    Impax Asset Management said its listed equity funds all outperformed the MSCI All Country World Index in the year to 30 September, despite unusual market volatility in the final quarter.

  • Canadian Solar buys C$270m of solar from KKR

    05 October 2015

    Canadian Solar has bought a fleet of solar plants from private equity firm KKR in a C$270 million ($204 million) deal.

  • Impax devises methodology for quantifying 'green alpha' in buildings

    01 October 2015

    UK-based environmentally themed impact investor Impax Asset Management has devised a "ground breaking" methodology for quantifying the 'green alpha' from improving a building's energy efficiency.

  • Profile: KBC Eco Fund - Water

    01 October 2015

    Water funds, such as the KBC Eco Fund – Water, have performed strongly in recent years. But many stocks in the sector are now looking expensive, the fund manager tells Graham Cooper

  • Feeding the beast: are US yieldcos sustainable?

    30 September 2015

    Yieldcos have been growing rapidly in recent years, but what are their long-term prospects, asks Hamza Ali

  • Joule Assets signs insurance deal to support energy saving projects

    30 September 2015

    Joule Assets, a US company which specialises in financing energy efficiency projects, can now offer insurance against projects failing to deliver the expected savings, thanks to an agreement it has reached with US insurer Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB).

  • Volkswagen ejected from Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes

    29 September 2015

    Volkswagen (VW) has been ejected from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) as the company continues to be hurt by the fall-out from its emissions scandal.