The sale of the UK’s Green Investment Bank, which has led more than £15 billion of investment into UK green infrastructure, has officially been sold to Australia bank Macquarie Group for £2.3 billion.
The Green Investment Bank Offshore Wind Fund has surpassed its £1 billion target with its sixth UK asset acquisition, with now £1.12 billion worth of assets currently under management.
The UK Green Investment Bank announced earlier this week that it would partially fund what will be the largest non-Private Finance Initiative streetlighting project in the UK to-date.
The UK Green Investment Bank has committed £28 million in debt financing to help fund a £142 million energy-from-waste project being developed near Edinburgh, Scotland. Announced on Thursday, the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) — which is wholly owned by the UK Government for the purpose of backing green projects and mobilizing … [continued]
The United Kingdom’s Green Investment Bank has announced its first investment plan in the emerging renewable energy markets of India and Africa. The Bank will invest £200 million in renewable energy projects in India, South Africa, and East African countries, through the UK Climate Investments – a joint venture between the … [continued]
Siemens has announced yet another wind turbine order, this time for 56 wind turbines for the Galloper Wind Farm off the southeast coast of England. Following on from yesterday’s announcement that Siemens would provide 47 of its new 7 MW offshore wind turbines for the 330 MW Walney Extension East … [continued]
The Greater Manchester Pension Fund announced Monday that it intends to invest £10 million into community-scale renewable energy projects. The pension fund responsible for numerous employers in and out of local authorities in the Greater Manchester area of the UK, Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) announced on Monday that it intends to … [continued]
Ask me a year ago what my primary focus in life would be today, and even I would not have been able to foresee just how important global renewable energy investment news would become in my day-to-day work life. But my career trajectory has followed quite clearly the rise in … [continued]
The UK Green Investment Bank announced last week that it had teamed with Foresight Group to invest in the construction of a new waste wood Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility in Widnes, Merseyside, in the North West of England. The 20.2 MWe and 7.8 MWth facility will be powered by … [continued]
The UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has congratulated the UK Green Investment Bank on its second anniversary for mobilising more than £5 billion for new green energy infrastructure projects. The UK Green Investment Bank is a first of its kind bank dedicated to raising funds for the development of the country’s private … [continued]
