Archive

  • Energy storage secures $100m for project financing

    16 August 2016

    Energy storage firm Stem has received an injection of $100 million into its project financing facility, from private investment company Starwood Energy Group.

  • NRG Yield prices $350m of notes

    16 August 2016

    Yieldco NRG Yield has priced $350 million of senior notes.

  • Australia's carbon fund mulls direct purchases of credits from industrial projects

    16 August 2016

    Australia's Emissions Reduction Fund is considering buying carbon credits directly from industrial projects in a bid to diversify the projects it supports.

  • Clean energy list identifies low-carbon investment opportunities

    16 August 2016

    An initiative to help investors exploit the opportunities arising from the transition to a low carbon economy has been launched by Canadian research firm Corporate Knights and US non-profit As You Sow.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 15 August 2016

    15 August 2016

    Another rise in EUA prices is the most likely scenario this week, as auction supply tightens further, says Louis Redshaw

  • EF BRIEFS: Cubico, Water Security Fund

    15 August 2016

    Renewable energy and water infrastructure firm Cubico has bought a 67MW wind farm, in its first acquisition since Banco Santander sold its stake in the company last month.

  • Extreme weather pushes Achmea into the red

    15 August 2016

    Dutch insurer Achmea has blamed 'supercell thunderstorms' for pushing it into a first-half loss.

  • Lansdowne to launch 'long-only' renewable energy fund

    15 August 2016

    Lansdowne, one of the UK's largest hedge fund group, is planning to launch a 'long-only' renewable energy fund.

  • Macquarie and Danish pension fund to own giant biomass plant

    15 August 2016

    Australian banking group Macquarie and Danish pension fund PKA are joining forces to buy what is claimed to be the world's largest dedicated biomass power plant.

  • Upholding a duty to ESG investing

    15 August 2016

    NN's chief investment officer Jelle van der Giessen on investing responsibly in tough economic times. Asa Gibson reports