News

  • European clean energy fund reaches €200m first close

    08 August 2013

    A fund manager has raised €200 million ($268 million) in a first close for its €450 million clean energy fund.

  • Innovative financing needed to scale up clean energy – report

    08 August 2013

    New financing methods are required to scale up the clean energy sector, given the current environment of declining government support and tight bank lending, according to a report released today.

  • Chinese solar imports won't face preliminary anti-subsidy duties – EU

    08 August 2013

    Chinese solar products sold to the EU will not be subject to provisional anti-subsidy duties, signalling that a "friendly final agreement" which will benefit investors is in sight.

  • Solar firm buys rival's thin-film solar technology

    07 August 2013

    A US solar firm has bought a competitor's thin-film technology in exchange for around $80 million in stock.

  • Pension funds buy Italian solar plants

    07 August 2013

    A European investment fund, acting on behalf of pension funds and other institutional investors, has bought four solar energy plants in Italy.

  • Solar fund inks first deal since float

    07 August 2013

    A UK solar photovoltaic investment fund that last month raised £130 million ($196.5 million) in a London listing has bought its first project.

  • Chinese wind giant issues $300m bond

    06 August 2013

    One of China's largest wind power developers has issued a $300 million bond.

  • California takes 'final step' prior to carbon offset issuance

    06 August 2013

    California's cap-and-trade system has passed a "major milestone" after a project registry issued the first offsets that can be used for compliance by the state's emitters, subject to a final review by the regulator.

  • North Sea storage site boosts CCS hopes

    05 August 2013

    The UK's bid to build its first carbon capture and storage project was boosted today by claims that a site capable of holding 200 million tonnes of the greenhouse gas has been discovered in the North Sea.

  • Solar services company appoints two key executives

    05 August 2013

    A rapidly growing US solar services company has expanded its executive team with two key hires.