News

  • WHEB sells interest in Petainer to co-investor Next Wave Partners

    25 March 2014

    Private equity firm WHEB has doubled its money on its 2008 stake in packaging manufacturer Petainer, it has announced.

  • Solar PV manufacturers 'to increase capex by 45%' in 2014

    24 March 2014

    Solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers are set to boost spending to $3.8 billion in 2014, an analysis firm has predicted.

  • Forestry fund inks first deal

    24 March 2014

    A recently closed forestry fund has made its first investment.

  • Largest wind project in Africa secures €623m in financing

    24 March 2014

    The biggest clean power energy project in Africa has taken a major leap forward by signing €623 million ($859.6 million) in financing to allow it move it into the construction phase.

  • ET Solar plans IPO

    21 March 2014

    Solar-panel manufacturer, ET Solar Group, is planning an IPO with the hope of raising $250 million, according to reports.

  • Pattern raises C$820 million debt for wind farm

    21 March 2014

    California-based energy company Pattern Energy is reported to have raised C$820 million ($728 million) of debt to finance a wind farm.

  • CSP needs more help to attract private sector investment, report claims

    21 March 2014

    India's solar drive is set to deliver the world's largest Linear Fresnel concentrated solar power (CSP) project, but policymakers will have to work harder to attract the private investment the country needs to hit its targets, according to a report.

  • Exxon Mobil to report on 'stranded assets' risk

    21 March 2014

    Energy giant Exxon Mobil has bowed to shareholder pressure to report on how it assesses the risk of its fossil fuel reserves becoming 'stranded assets' as a result of action to combat climate change.

  • GRI CEO to step down

    21 March 2014

    The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched a search for a new CEO after Ernst Ligteringen said he plans to step down next year.

  • BP enters debate on unburnable carbon

    20 March 2014

    BP has weighed into the debate on stranded assets, acknowledging the concept of a carbon budget, but effectively shrugging off warnings over stranded assets.