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Low carbon investment opportunities could reach $5tn by 2030, Mercer report...
Continued delay in climate change policy action and a lack of international coordination could cost institutional investors trillions of dollars over the coming decades, writes investment and business...
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Turkey’s Enerjisa secures €700m in loans
Turkish power developer Enerjisa Enerji Üretim has secured €700m of debt financing from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), Central European bank Unicredit and Germany-based WestLB.
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Gamesa secures €11m loan from IFC for India factory
Spanish wind turbine major Gamesa has secured an €11m loan to build a factory in India from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private finance arm of the World Bank.
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Deal round-up: Cleantech innovators land windfall
Solar-powered cars have moved a step closer to hitting the road now that W2 Energy has taken full ownership of its subsidiary Free Drive.
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IFC to boost clean energy investments in Morocco
The World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, is looking to increase its investment in renewable energy, infrastructure and agribusiness programmes in Morocco, a bank...
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World Bank to loan $15m to India-based biomass developer
The financial arm of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, is to invest $15m in India-based biomass power producer Shalivahana Green Energy.
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IFC invests $100m in emerging market innovation fund
World Bank member International Finance Corporation is to invest $100m in a fund targeting innovation in emerging markets.
View ArticlePrivate equity is ‘untapped’ resource for climate change
Private equity is an untapped resource that could have a significant impact on reducing the effects of climate change, a report has found.
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IFC to invest up to $25m in water management company Doshion
International Finance Corporation has announced it could invest up to $25m in Ahmedabad, India-based water management company Doshion.
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SunEdison secures €155m from IFC, OPIC and UniCredit
US photovoltaic company SunEdison has secured €155m non-recourse debt financing through the International Finance Corporation, Overseas Private Investment Corporation and UniCredit for equity into a...
View ArticleWorld Bank to invest $130m in Indian wind projects
IFC, the World Bank's investment arm, is planning to invest $130m in Inox Renewables, a subsidiary of Gujarat Fluorochemicals, which will be used to build 400MW of wind projects in the Indian states of...
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IFC and Scatec Solar to join forces for African solar plants
The International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Norway-based Scatec Solar plan to build utility-scale solar parks in west and central Africa.
View ArticleIFC commits $20m to Nereus Capital’s India cleantech fund
The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation arm has invested $20m towards Nereus Capital’s $250m clean power fund focused on targeting opportunities in India
View ArticleIFC targets $200m for green fund of funds
International Finance Corporation, the investment arm of the World Bank, has revealed it hopes to hold a first close of its green fund of funds in early 2013 on more than $200m.
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IFC partners with Aldwych, Six Telecoms for 100MW African wind project
The International Finance Corporation (IPC) is partnering with Aldwych and Six Telecoms to develop a 100MW wind farm in Singida, Tanzania, totalling $285m.
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IFC Catalyst Fund holds first close on $281m
The International Finance Corporation’s Catalyst Fund, which has backing from the UK, Canada and the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan, has held a first close on $281m.
View ArticleIFC issues largest ever green bond at $1bn
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued a $1bn green bond in the largest issue of its kind to date, with capital to be used to support climate-friendly projects in developing countries.
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IFC loans $20m to Banco General to grow agribusinesses
The International Financial Corporation has announced a five year, $20m loan to Banco General Costa Rica in order to support the growth of small and medium enterprises and agribusiness firms.
View ArticleIFC gives $100m to InterEnergy’s Caribbean, Latin America green power...
The International Finance Corporation along with the IFC African, Latin American, and Caribbean Fund, has invested $100m to help InterEnergy Holdings develop cleaner and more efficient energy sources...
View ArticleIFC to issue $1bn in green bonds each year to encourage investment
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will issue at least $1bn in green bonds each year to support private sector investment into renewable energy and energy efficiency.
View ArticleTPG Capital slashes target for renewables fund to $350m
Global private equity firm TPG Capital has slashed the target for its renewable energy fund by almost half as the International Finance Corporation mulls allocating $25m to the vehicle.
View ArticleUpdate: Masdar, IFC’s $1.5bn clean power tie-up to focus on MENA
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will make $1.5bn of fund and direct investments into clean power through a new partnership with Masdar that a spokesperson told NewNet will initially focus...
View ArticleSunEdison seeks IFC funding for 50MW solar plant in Chile
SunEdison is seeking funding from the World Bank’s private-sector financing arm to build a 50MW solar plant in Chile that will export energy to the Chilean Central Interconnected System, selling it at...
View ArticleMartifer Solar to build Latin America’s largest PV plant backed by IFC and Nafin
Martifer Solar is set to build Latin America’s largest PV plant in Mexico, funded by local development bank Nafin, the International Finance Corporation, and Corporación Aura Solar.
View ArticleDeal round-up: America powers ahead with solar deals as rest of world flounders
Millions of dollars were invested worldwide in a series of deals by American solar companies as European and Chinese markets floundered on policy uncertainty around solar dumping tariffs.
View ArticleFlexenclosure gets pension fund, VC cash in €15m round
Investors including development finance group IFC, venture capital firm Industrifonden and pension fund AP2 have committed SEK160m (€15m) to Flexenclosure, a Swedish developer of intelligent power...
View ArticleElectrawinds, IFC InfraVentures jointly develop Kenyan wind
Luzembourg-based renewable energy company Electrawinds along with IFC InfraVentures will co-operate on the 90MW Mpeketoni wind project in Lamu County in south-east Kenya.
View ArticleIFC provides €38.8m for 30MW Jelinak wind farm in Croatia
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a branch of the World Bank Group, has provided €38.8m in financing for the 30MW Jelinak wind farm in Croatia.
View ArticleBlackstone-owned Fisterra adds ex IFC, NATO heads to board
Fisterra Energy, an energy infrastructure investor owned by private equity firm Blackstone, has added a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and the ex-head of the International Finance Corporation...
View ArticleBrazil’s natural gas logistics company Neogas raises $20m from IFC and ALAC
Brazil’s natural gas logistics services company Neogas has raised $20m in funding from the International Finance Corporation, along with the IFC African, Latin American, and Caribbean Fund.
View ArticleSunEdison secures $100m financing for Latin America’s largest solar PV plant
NYSE-listed solar energy services provider SunEdison has closed a $100.4m non-recourse debt financing arrangement for the construction of a 50.7MW solar power plant in Chile.
View ArticleExclusive: Asia Green Capital receives $2m from IFC for Indonesian wind
Asia Green Capital is in the process of raising $2m from the International Finance Corporation towards onshore wind projects throughout Indonesia and Southeast Asia, with a total development of 252MW,...
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