Nick Roumpis

Articles by Nick Roumpis

  • Tessa Tennant awarded OBE for sustainability work

    03 January 2018

    Tessa Tennant, co-founder of the Jupiter Ecology fund, has been awarded an OBE for services to sustainable investment in the Queen's New Year Honours List.

  • TRIG enters offshore wind with £80m investment

    02 January 2018

    UK-listed yieldco The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has broken into the offshore wind market with an £80 million ($108 million) investment in the Sheringham Shoal project.

  • People moves: BNP, SUSI and Innogy

    22 December 2017

    Innogy's CEO Peter Terium is leaving the company a week after the German energy group announced a profit warning.

  • Statkraft exits UK offshore wind with £555m deal

    22 December 2017

    Statkraft has sold its stake in a British wind farm to a Chinese consortium for £555 million ($742 million), marking its exit from offshore wind.

  • Neoen issues €245m junior green bond with AMP as the sole investor

    20 December 2017

    France's Neoen has issued its second green bond, to finance 1.6GW of renewable energy projects in Australia and France.

  • BHP Billiton mulls breaking ties with World Coal Association

    19 December 2017

    BHP Billiton said it would withdraw from the World Coal Association (WCA) over differences regarding climate policies.

  • Brookfield buys €135m of debt issued by Oaktree against Eolia stake

    18 December 2017

    Brookfield has bought €135 million ($159 million) of debt placed by Oaktree Capital Management against a majority stake in Spain's Eolia Renovables de Inversiones.

  • GIG sets sights on waste-to-energy with Covanta partnership

    18 December 2017

    Green Investment Group (GIG) has made its second move into the waste-to-energy sector by teaming up with Covanta Holding Corporation to finance new UK and Ireland waste infrastructure projects.

  • People moves: FMO and KfW

    15 December 2017

    FMO's boss Jurgen Rigterink is to part ways with the Dutch development bank to become the first vice-president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

  • BNP teams up with UN to raise $10bn for emerging countries

    15 December 2017

    BNP Paribas and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) plan to raise $10 billion for climate initiatives through a new partnership, signalling to the finance industry that "business as usual is not an option any more".