Michael Hurley

Articles by Michael Hurley

  • ERG issues €100m bond to support renewables investment

    13 July 2017

    Italian energy utility ERG has issued a €100 million ($114 million) bond to finance investments in renewables, as well as refinance its hydroelectric plants.

  • Zouk Capital invests £30m in UK battery energy storage projects

    13 July 2017

    Private equity firm Zouk Capital will invest £30 million ($38.7 million) in developer Green Hedge Energy to fund battery energy storage projects in the UK.

  • Foresight launches fund that supports UK 'smart' energy meter roll-out

    12 July 2017

    Foresight has launched a 'smart bonds' fund that aims to raise £10 million ($12.85 million) to help finance the roll-out of 'smart' utility meters in the UK.

  • Greater clean energy spend required despite record year, IEA says

    12 July 2017

    Global energy investment fell by 12% in 2016, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), but the share of clean-energy spending reached 43% of total supply investment, a record high.

  • WWF urges adoption of TCFD advice into law

    11 July 2017

    The recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) (LINK) should be brought into European and national law, says conservation organisation WWF.

  • Greenko to issue $1 bn green bond

    10 July 2017

    Indian renewables company Greenko plans to raise $950 million from the issue of its second green bond.

  • Foresight makes first subsidy-free Portuguese solar farm purchase

    10 July 2017

    Foresight Group has bought the 7.2MW Vale Matenças solar farm, its first investment in a utility scale solar project in Portugal without a government subsidy.

  • Innergex and Desjardins add French wind farms to portfolio

    07 July 2017

    Canadian renewables developer Innergex Renewable Energy and financial group Desjardins are to purchase two wind projects in France, taking the total number of wind farms jointly owned by the companies to 15.

  • ISS-Ethix and CDP create climate impact rating tool for funds

    06 July 2017

    Corporate governance and responsible investment consultant ISS-Ethix Climate Solutions today launched a tool to rate the climate impact of funds, in what the company calls a 'world first'.

  • APG invests €327m in Swedish wind energy project

    06 July 2017

    Asset manager APG has invested €327 million ($372 million) in a Swedish wind power project on behalf of Dutch civil service pension fund ABP.