Greencoat UK fund seeks £205m for six wind farms

Greencoat UK Wind has unveiled ambitious plans to raise £205 million to buy wind farms by listing its shares on the London Stock Exchange. The infrastructure fund, managed by Greencoat Capital, aims to buy a total of six wind farms from energy firms SSE and RWE. Earlier today SSE announced it has agreed to sell […]

European renewables finance team formed

Environmental investment manager Climate Change Capital has predicted that “a complete overhaul of energy infrastructure” will need “considerable amounts of private capital”, and has formed a European renewable energy infrastructure asset management team. Climate Change Capital’s chief executive Shaun Mays said: “With our partners in the EU increasingly committed to stricter emissions targets and a […]