Hamza Ali

Articles by Hamza Ali

  • The City of Paris to roadshow €300m green bond

    27 October 2015

    The City of Paris will next week roadshow a 'climate bond' it hopes will raise €300 million ($331.6 million).

  • Saint Michael's College issues $20m green bond

    27 October 2015

    Saint Michael's College in Vermont has become sixth US university to tap the green bond market this year, with its inaugural $20 million issue.

  • Low-carbon indexes 'outperform', says report

    26 October 2015

    Indexes reweighted in alignment with a 2˚C scenario outperformed their mainstream equivalents, according to a report.

  • Bluefield Solar Income Fund 'unaffected' by planned UK subsidy cuts

    26 October 2015

    Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) remains bullish about the UK solar market despite recently-proposed cuts to subsidies for small utility-scale renewable energy.

  • Tenergie refinances solar plants for €150m

    23 October 2015

    Credit Agricole has led a syndicate of banks to help French renewable energy developer Tenergie refinance a 54.4MW portfolio of solar projects for €150 million ($165 million).

  • Terra Firma takes Infinis private in the face of 'adversely affected' growth prospects

    22 October 2015

    British private equity giant Terra Firma has decided to delist renewables developer Infinis, less than two years after the company floated.

  • New York Green Bank lends $49m to three projects

    22 October 2015

    The New York Green Bank (NYGB) has lent $49 million to three clean energy projects in the state which it claims has attracted a further $178 million of private investment.

  • Oslo city pension fund divests from all fossil fuels

    21 October 2015

    The City of Oslo's pension fund has pledged to divest all its holdings in fossil fuel companies. It claims it is the first local public pension fund to do so.

  • NextEnergy enters UK rooftop solar market

    21 October 2015

    NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has purchased three UK solar projects for £22.1 million ($32.4 million), including its first rooftop solar portfolio.

  • Hannon Armstrong raises $103.5m in equity raise

    21 October 2015

    Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) has managed to secure the full $103.5 million it planned to raise in its latest share offering, announced earlier this month.