Archive

  • Bank consortium provides £730m debt for UK 'smart meter' roll-out

    03 December 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) and six commercial banks are providing some £730 million ($1.1 billion) in debt finance towards a £1 billion programme to install more than 7 million 'smart meters' in the UK.

  • 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.

  • EF BRIEFS: Downing, Lekela, Recurrent Energy, Enbridge, Climate Bonds Initiative, GRI, Global CCS Institute, IETA

    06 November 2015

    London-based investment firm Downing will invest £20 million ($30 million) in biomass projects as part of a joint venture with developer Strand Energy.

  • Abengoa Yield buys more assets and refinances construction debt

    05 October 2015

    Abengoa Yield has bought two more solar plants from its parent company, the heavily indebted Spanish energy company Abengoa.

  • Abengoa considers complete sale of yieldco

    28 September 2015

    Heavily indebted energy company Abengoa is considering the possible sale of its 49% stake in its yieldco Abengoa Yield.

  • Recurrent Energy bags $337m solar financing from consortium of banks

    10 September 2015

    Canadian Solar's US subsidiary has secured a $337 million debt package for a solar project, in its second deal this week.

  • SunEdison in investment partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management

    09 September 2015

    SunEdison has formed a $300 million partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management to invest in solar energy projects in the US.

  • Recurrent Energy secures finance from Santander and US Bancorp for California project

    08 September 2015

    Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has agreed a debt facility with Santander Bank and a tax equity investment with US Bancorp Community Development Corp, for a 100MW solar power project in California.

  • Banks agree to provide £1bn debt facility for London's 'super sewer'

    25 August 2015

    A debt facility of £1 billion ($1.6 billion) is being provided by six banks to the consortium of long-term investors that will finance and own a major new sewer to be built beneath the river Thames in London.

  • Private equity firm gets $59m backing for Peruvian hydro

    20 August 2015

    A Peruvian hydropower company has secured a $59 million loan from a series of investors to construct two projects in the country.