Yes Bank Limited (YBL) is in process of establishing its first ever private equity fund for clean energy. The South Asia Clean Energy Fund (SACEF) is hoping to raise $200 million by this summer. According to YBL they have already raised $125 million, even with the constraints of a global recession.
The fund is targeting renewable [...]

I attended and spoke at the 3rd Renewable Energy Finance Forum on Central and Eastern Europe in Prague. The event was attended by about 120 delegates including project developers, bankers, private equity financiers, lawyers, renewables manufacturers and consultants.
The overall sense I had was that prospects are still positive but this is a difficult region to [...]

At the 2nd Annual Euromoney-REEEP Energy Efficiency Finance and Investment Forum today in London, utilities, investment managers and energy efficiency experts spoke about the importance of energy efficiency in lowering carbon emissions.
Englefield Capital stated the market in Europe for energy efficiency, using existing technologies, is more than EUR 100 billion (excluding transport). However the energy [...]