Archive

  • SunPower acquires technology firm

    10 November 2014

    Texas-based SolarBridge Technologies, which was bought by SunPower for an undisclosed sum, specialises in rooftop solar microinverters, which can be integrated into panels as they are manufactured, rather than at installation stage.

  • KKR and GIB back £200m UK community renewables initiative

    10 November 2014

    Private equity firm KKR is making its first investment in the UK renewable energy sector with a £100 million ($159 million) commitment to a £200 million lending programme, backed by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB).

  • SPI completes fourth private placement this year

    10 November 2014

    Project developer SPI Solar has completed another private placement to support its expansion – its fourth in 2014.

  • Jupiter restructures environmental team

    07 November 2014

    Jupiter has shaken up the structure of its environmental and sustainable strategy team in a move designed to integrate it more with its wider fund management team.

  • First Wind reaches $254m close on Texas wind project

    07 November 2014

    First Wind has reached a $254 million financial close on its second wind project in Texas.

  • Abengoa Yield prices $255m green bond

    07 November 2014

    Abengoa Yield, the 'yieldco' launched by Spanish firm Abengoa in June, has priced its $255 million bond offer.

  • The rise of the green bond index

    06 November 2014

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays/MSCI and Standard & Poor's have started green bond indexes. What impact will they have on the fledgling market, ask Sophie Robinson-Tillett and Peter Cripps

  • Copenhagen funds take 25% stake in UK offshore wind project

    06 November 2014

    Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has bought a 25% stake in the UK offshore wind project Beatrice from UK utility SSE. The price paid was not disclosed.

  • Abengoa Yield opts to issue bonds in dollars rather than euros

    06 November 2014

    Abengoa Yield, the 'yieldco' launched by Spanish utility Abengoa in June, is to replace a planned €200 million ($250 million) issue of euro-denominated bonds with $255 million of five-year dollar-denominated notes.

  • Norway's NTE issues NOK750m green bond to refinance hydro plants [UPDATED]

    06 November 2014

    Power generating company Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk (NTE) has issued Norway's second corporate green bond – a NOK750 million ($110 million) issue that was oversubscribed in two hours.