News

  • ReEnergise secures UK energy efficiency investment

    25 June 2014

    ReEnergise Finance is to receive £2 million to support its energy efficiency projects, from investors including the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB).

  • SEB, HSBC and Cicero to collaborate on green bond standards

    24 June 2014

    SEB and HSBC are to work with Cicero and four other non-profit researchers to develop a set of global standards for the rapidly growing green bond market, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • NextEra IPO to fund acquisitions

    24 June 2014

    Clean energy firm NextEra Energy hopes to raise up to $341 million by floating a subsidiary that owns and operates wind and solar projects in North America.

  • Vornado Realty taps green bond market with $450m issue

    24 June 2014

    Vornado Realty has issued a $450 million green bond to finance the construction of energy efficient buildings and make its existing buildings more efficient.

  • UK's Green Investment Bank plans £1bn offshore wind fund

    24 June 2014

    Plans for a £1 billion fund to acquire equity stakes in operational offshore wind projects in the UK have been announced by the country's Green Investment Bank (GIB).

  • New York State issues $213m water bond

    24 June 2014

    New York State will next week place a $213 million municipal green bond, linked to water provision in the state.

  • KKR and ACCIONA in €417m renewables deal, companies plot yieldco

    24 June 2014

    Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has spent €417 million buying a third of the renewables division of Spanish engineering firm ACCIONA.

  • SunEdison buys 50MW of solar projects from BlueWave

    20 June 2014

    Solar firm SunEdison has bought 50MW of solar projects from project developer BlueWave Capital.

  • EDF agrees 27MW solar farm sale to Dominion

    20 June 2014

    Utility EDF is to sell a 27MW solar site to US energy producer Dominion Generation.

  • Stellar wind performance puts Infinis on track for £55m dividend

    19 June 2014

    Infinis Energy, the renewables company run by private equity giant Terra Firma, said it was on target to pay out a £55 million ($93 million) dividend to investors, following "very strong financial results".