Archive

  • Aviva plans £500m/year in low-carbon investments, threatens coal divestment

    28 July 2015

    UK insurer Aviva aims to invest £500 million ($780 million) in renewable energy and energy efficiency in each of the next five years.

  • TransAlta moves into solar with $75.8m renewables deal

    28 July 2015

    Canadian power generator TransAlta has diversified into solar after it bought 71MW of operational renewables assets from private equity firm Rockland Capital.

  • TerraForm Power to issue new $200m green bond

    28 July 2015

    TerraForm Power plans to issue a $200 million green bond to help finance its acquisition of assets from its parent SunEdison.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 27 July 2015

    27 July 2015

    With EU Allowance prices at three-year highs, €8 is now likely to become a support level as auction supply diminishes in August, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Canadian property venture issues C$225m green bond for Vancouver project [UPDATED]

    27 July 2015

    A joint venture between Canadian telecommunications firm Telus and property developer Westbank has issued C$225 million of green bonds to finance a major development in downtown Vancouver.

  • 13 US corporations pledge $140bn in new investments to cut emissions

    27 July 2015

    A group of 13 major US corporations have pledged to make $140 billion of investments to reduce their carbon emissions.

  • "Lack of clarity" on carbon markets in draft UN text worries industry

    27 July 2015

    The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), a non-profit representing more than 150 companies, has expressed concern over the negotiating text prepared for the UN's climate change meeting in Paris in December.

  • GreenWish secures €15m for African solar fund

    27 July 2015

    African solar investor, GreenWish, has secured €15 million ($16.6 million) at the first close of its €50 million African solar fund.

  • German wind projects dominate KfW's loans in H1

    27 July 2015

    Wind projects accounted for 89% of the €1.87 billion ($2.08 billion) of renewable energy loans approved by German development bank KfW in the first six months of this year, with 7% being allocated to solar projects.

  • Abengoa sells solar projects to its yieldco for €277m

    27 July 2015

    Infrastructure developer Abengoa has sold two Spanish solar thermal projects, in a deal worth €277 million ($307 million), to its US-listed yieldco, Abengoa Yield.