Archive

  • Bioenergy: Speyside biomass CHP project

    01 April 2015

    The world famous Macallan whisky distillery in Scotland is a beneficiary of this year's Bioenergy Deal of the Year. The winning transaction uses public and private finance to develop a combined heat and power (CHP) project which will supply all the steam needed for the distilling process as well as green power to the national grid.

  • Bond: Energia Eolica's green bond

    01 April 2015

    Amid a surge of use-of-proceeds green bonds last year, Peruvian renewables firm Energia Eolica stood out from the crowd. It launched a $204 million labelled project bond to refinance two newly operational wind farms.

  • IPO: Abengoa Yield

    01 April 2015

    When Abengoa Yield(ABY) floated on the NASDAQ in June, raising more than $828 million, demand outstripped supply by 17 times.

  • M&A: SunEdison and Terraform acquisition of First Wind

    01 April 2015

    SunEdison became the world's largest renewable energy developer when it took part in the acquisition of First Wind, in a deal worth $2.4 billion.

  • Sustainable Forestry: Credit Suisse/Althelia Ecosphere's Nature Conservation Notes

    01 April 2015

    The Nature Conservation Notes issued by Credit Suisse and Althelia Ecosphere in December are a novel impact investing product designed to help reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and promote sustainable agriculture.

  • Carbon: ClimateCare's ethanol cookstoves fund

    01 April 2015

    This year's award winner in the carbon finance category combines government grants with pure carbon finance to create a revolving fund that supports a new market in clean cookstoves.

  • Weather: Swiss Re's solar energy hedge in China

    01 April 2015

    Europe has dominated the rapid growth in solar power for most of the past decade but, in the past two years, the balance of power has swung decisively toward Asia.

  • Catastrophe Risk: Citizens Property Insurance/Everglades Re cat bond

    01 April 2015

    The stand-out transaction in last year's buoyant market for catastrophe (cat) bonds, was undoubtedly the $1.5 billion issue for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation of Florida.

  • Personality of the Year: Mats Andersson

    01 April 2015

    Pension funds are generally staid and conservative. But as CEO of the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4), Mats Andersson has not been afraid to stick his head above the parapet.

  • SEB sees green bond issuance doubling to $70bn in 2015

    31 March 2015

    Swedish bank SEB still expects issuance of green bonds to double this year from last year's $36 billion, despite a relatively quiet first quarter.