5 Things Stopping Institutional Investors Putting More Capital Into Renewables
Getting their attention and confidence matters when mobilizing finance for investment and innovation in clean energy, yet roughly half of institutional investors haven’t allocated capital to a renewable energy strategy.
Why Solar Investments Make Sense For Family Offices?
Family offices in the U.S. already have the reputation of prioritizing alternative investments, and including solar in the mix can have cross-generational appeal, deliver predictable and steady returns, and help to finance our renewable energy future.
Japan's Renewable Energy Goals Lag World
Japan’s plans to develop its renewable energy industry are lagging much of the world, as the nation has “prioritized keeping the status quo for fear of change,” Foreign Minister Taro Kono said.
Dear Norwegian SWF, Invest In Renewables: Study
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis offers advice to the Norway's sovereign wealth fund. Specifically, it makes the case that much (35% or $25 billion) of the money to be reallocated into equities under this plan should go to the purchase of equities in the renewable energy space.
Singapore’s Equis Energy Seeks Binding Bids For $4B Power Assets
Equis Energy, the Singapore-based developer of power projects, has asked for binding bids for its $4 billion renewable energy business by late September, people with knowledge of the matter said.
AMP Capital Invests In Mezzanine Infrastructure Debt Through Alterra Deal
<p>AMP Capital is investing $21.1m (€18m) in infrastructure debt with an extension of its existing financing facility to Canadian renewable energy firm Alterra Power.</p>
<p>The investment manager, which is a subsidiary of Australian pension provider AMP, said its infrastructure debt team had reached financial close on the debt investment expansion for British Columbia-headquartered Alterra.</p>
Power Grid's Mega Plan To Monitor Electic Supply
Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) is working on what would be the largest project for monitoring and controlling of electricity supply across the country. Called 'Unified Real Time Dynamic State Measurement (URTDSM)', the central transmission utility would install 'Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs)' at all substations and generating stations. This would also form the backbone for efforts underway to integrate the large amount of renewable energy envisaged. The plan is to install PMUs at close to 1,300 locations on the national grid in phase-1; 1,000 have been installed. In the second phase, another 500 PMUs would be installed along with...
JP Morgan Chase Goes All In On Renewable Energy Investments
Those who control the money always seem to have a disproportionate amount of both social and political power, so JP Morgan Chase's announcement that they have committed to 100 percent renewables by 2020 is the biggest news yet for the energy sector.
The $5B Tussle: Shell And SoftBank Vie For Asian Renewable Energy Producer
Reports say oil giant and technology company among several others bidding for Equis Energy.
French Firm Engie In Talks With Singapore’s Equis Energy To Acquire India Assets
<span style="text-align: justify;">French energy company Engie is in talks with Singapore-based renewable energy developer Equis Energy to acquire projects from its India portfolio comprising green energy platforms Energon and Energon Soleq, two people with knowledge of the matter said.</span>