News

  • New York Green Bank expects to make first investment this summer

    07 April 2014

    The New York Green Bank is expected to make its first investment this summer, its new head told Environmental Finance.

  • Foresight Solar eyes debt facility and aims to double capacity

    07 April 2014

    Foresight Solar Fund is negotiating loan facilities of up to £100 million ($166 million) to finance further acquisitions.

  • SolarCity announces $70.2m securitisation

    07 April 2014

    US solar leasing firm SolarCity has announced its second issue of asset backed securities in six months, in a move expected to raise $70.2 million.

  • Solar firm Sungevity raises $70m for expansion

    04 April 2014

    Solar leasing firm Sungevity has secured $70 million in equity financing from a series of investors, it has announced.

  • BaltCap acquires controlling stake in recycling firm Ecoservice

    04 April 2014

    A private equity fund managed by BaltCap has acquired a 75% stake in waste and recycling company Ecoservice.

  • M&As in UK waste and recycling sector set to increase in 2014

    04 April 2014

    Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the UK recycling and waste sector is expected to continue to rise in 2014, according to a new report.

  • Terra Firma's RTR buys solar farms from EDF

    04 April 2014

    A company owned by Guy Hands' private equity giant Terra Firma has bought two Sicilian solar photovoltaic (PV) plants from EDF's renewables arm.

  • Skanska is latest corporate to issue green bond

    04 April 2014

    Swedish construction firm Skanska has become the latest corporate to tap the green bond market, and has told Environmental Finance that further issues are on the cards.

  • Goldman Sachs backs SunEdison 'yieldco' with $250m facility

    03 April 2014

    Californian solar power company SunEdison has secured a $250 million financing facility from Goldman Sachs to help it launch a 'yieldco'.

  • Nepal's first PoA provides 150,000 cookstoves

    03 April 2014

    The first programmatic Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in Nepal has been launched this week and will provide energy efficient cookstoves to 150,000 households.