Australia’s Macquarie Group has agreed to acquire the UK’s Green Investment Bank from the UK Government for £2.3 billion, and has committed to the Bank’s newly established target of driving £3 billion in new green energy investments.
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Macquarie Group, Australia’s biggest investment bank, has entered the solar financing market in Australia, in what is likely to be a significant lift for the rooftop and commercial solar industry. The interest in solar finance was revealed by Macquarie CEO Nicholas Moore in the group’s operational … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath UK public-housing contractor, Herbert T Forrest Ltd, will receive as much as $US197 million from Australia’s Macquarie Bank to fund zero upfront cost solar-power installations across Britain, reports Bloomberg. The northern England-based company says it will use the funds over three years to install panels … [continued]
Here’s some more cleantech news for the cleantech-obsessed: Solar Record Conversion Efficiency For China Sunergy Solar Cells China Sunergy has reportedly set a record for monocrystalline solar cell efficiency. The new record, 20.26%, has been verified by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE). First Solar Buys 250 MW … [continued]
