Tag: Clean Energy
Crux has secured a $500 million debt financing facility from Nuveen Energy Infrastructure Credit, giving the finance technology company fresh capacity to fund clean energy investments at a time of...
New York and Menlo Park are pushing deeper into America’s clean power market, as DESRI and Meta expand one of the country’s larger corporate renewable energy procurement partnerships. DESRI, a...
France based Mantle8 has raised €31 million in Series A funding to test whether natural hydrogen can move from scientific promise to commercial production. The round was led by Sandwater...
AI Growth Tests Microsoft’s Clean Energy Promise Redmond is facing a hard energy reality. Microsoft’s rapid AI buildout is pushing power demand beyond the assumptions that shaped its 2030 clean...
A surge in geopolitical tensions is exposing the structural fragility of fossil fuel dependence, driving a global cost crisis that is hitting households, businesses, and national economies simultaneously. “Fossil fuels...
Google has started building a new data center in Upper Austria. The project responds directly to rising demand for AI computing and cloud services across Europe. The facility will support...
French utility Engie is negotiating with the Trump administration over a possible refund for U.S. offshore wind project leases, as shifting federal priorities disrupt one of the country’s key clean...
The UK government is accelerating its clean energy transition, framing it as a direct response to renewed volatility in global fossil fuel markets and a cornerstone of long-term economic security....
Apple has reached a new benchmark in its environmental strategy, reporting that 30 percent of materials used across all products shipped in 2025 came from recycled sources. The milestone, disclosed...
ESG News · ESG ETF Market Signals · Friday, April 17, 2026 Data reflects Thursday, April 16, 2026 close · For risk desks & institutional investors Yesterday’s ESG ETF session...
Abu Dhabi is set to become the control hub for one of the most significant renewable energy expansions in Asia, as TotalEnergies and Masdar formalize a $2.2 billion joint venture...
Brookfield Asset Management and La Caisse have agreed to acquire Canadian renewable energy developer Boralex in a transaction valued at approximately C$9 billion ($6.5 billion), including debt, marking one of...
• Google integrates 1 GW of demand response into U.S. utility contracts, positioning data centers as flexible grid assets• Demand-side flexibility reduces peak load pressure, lowering system-wide costs and delaying...
China has released the draft outline of its 15th Five-Year Plan, laying out the country’s economic and energy strategy from 2026 to 2030. The blueprint emphasizes massive expansion of renewable...
Atlas Renewable Energy has secured a $3 billion corporate refinancing covering its portfolio of solar and storage assets across Latin America, in what is expected to be the largest transaction...
A Market Reset After Years of Expansion Global corporate procurement of clean electricity slowed in 2025, ending eight consecutive years of growth as rising project costs, policy uncertainty and volatile...
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an expanded climate partnership with the United Kingdom during a diplomatic visit aimed at strengthening cooperation on clean energy, trade, and sustainable development. The trip...
Commercial Fusion Moves From Lab Milestones to Market Strategy Fusion startup Inertia has secured $450 million in Series A funding to accelerate commercialization of inertial confinement fusion, positioning itself as...
Age Of Electricity Accelerates Global Demand Global electricity demand is entering a period of sustained expansion that is reshaping energy markets, investment priorities, and climate strategies worldwide. According to Electricity...
The 2026 Wall Street Green Summit is our 25th Anniversary of this annual event and one of the longest running and most comprehensive sustainable finance events in the world and...
Texas Deal Deepens Corporate Renewable Procurement Meta and Zelestra have expanded their clean energy partnership with a new long term power purchase agreement tied to the 176 MWdc Skull Creek...
Mantle8 is expanding its leadership bench as natural hydrogen moves from scientific curiosity toward a potential clean energy market with geopolitical stakes. The deep tech geoscience company has appointed industry...
• Nearly 15 GW of new solar, wind and storage capacity deployed in 2025, moving MENA into an exponential growth phase• Project pipeline reaches 202 GW across renewables, hydrogen and...
• Alphabet will acquire Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash plus assumed debt, securing long-term clean power capacity for AI driven data centre growth across the US.• Intersect controls a...
Tokyo is preparing to redirect industrial investment toward clean electricity at scale. The Japanese government plans to allocate 210 billion yen, equivalent to $1.34 billion, in subsidies to support companies...
• HASI and KKR commit an additional $1 billion to CarbonCount Holdings 1, lifting total investment capacity toward $5 billion with leverage.• Capital targets long-dated US clean energy and sustainable...
As artificial intelligence accelerates the expansion of data centres across Asia, TotalEnergies has locked in a 21-year renewable power supply agreement with Google to support the tech giant’s growing footprint...
• 2.5 GW in new PPAs and storage agreements to support Meta’s 100 percent clean energy target and rising data center demand.• Projects span ERCOT, SPP and MISO plus a...
• Serentica plans to raise $6–8 billion over five years to expand its clean energy portfolio to 17 GW by 2029/30.• India’s pipeline includes 3–5 GW of operating and under-construction...
Aragón agreement ties renewable procurement to local impact A new renewable energy agreement in Spain is linking corporate power demand with community-level environmental and social funding, as Zelestra, Microsoft and...
• Up to US$1 billion in development finance over three years directed to water, sanitation, transport, and urban resilience• Funding aligned with Azerbaijan 2030 national priorities and the Country Partnership...
• Five-year cooperation agreement worth up to US$450 million signed at FII9 in Riyadh• Partnership expands financing for renewable energy, water desalination, and green hydrogen in developing nations• Builds on...
• Largest wind farm in South Australia and Neoen’s global portfolio, adding over 20% to the state’s wind capacity• Backed by long-term PPAs with ACT Government, BHP, and Flow Power...
• Google signs a long-term agreement with Broadwing Energy to source power from a 400 MW gas plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Decatur, Illinois.• The project will...
• Mirova’s MET6 fund hits €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) in commitments at its second close, halfway to its €2 billion target.• The fund has already deployed nearly €1 billion across...
• Clean energy workforce set to nearly double to 860,000 by 2030, backed by £50 billion in private investment since 2024.• National strategy outlines 31 priority occupations — from electricians...
In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, policymakers and markets sent mixed signals on climate action. The Federal Reserve and FDIC withdrew proposed climate risk rules for large banks,...
• The 1.5 GW Khazna Solar PV project will supply electricity to around 160,000 homes and cut 2.4 million tonnes of CO₂ annually.• Part of EWEC’s strategy to expand Abu...
Microsoft has expanded its renewable energy footprint in Japan, signing three new solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Shizen Energy that bring its total commitment with the developer to 100...
A New Corporate Energy Strategy Mars, Incorporated is moving to reframe corporate energy procurement with a strategy that stretches beyond its own factories and offices. Under its newly launched Renewable...
Masdar has detailed how it deployed more than US$1.685 billion from its 2023 and 2024 green bond issuances into clean energy projects worldwide, according to its newly released 2024 Green...
Apollo-managed funds have agreed to acquire a majority interest in Kelvion, a century-old German manufacturer specializing in energy-efficient heat exchange and cooling technologies, from Triton. Triton will remain a minority...
Arevon Energy has completed the commissioning of its Eland Solar-plus-Storage complex in Kern County, California, marking one of the state’s largest clean energy developments. The facility, representing more than $2...
Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has announced a record A$3.5 billion ($2.29 billion) investment in renewable energy and grid infrastructure for the 2024–25 financial year—more than double its funding...
Google has announced the world’s largest corporate clean energy agreement for hydroelectric power, signing a landmark deal with Brookfield Asset Management to secure up to 3,000 megawatts (MW) of carbon-free...
The California Community Choice Financing Authority (CCCFA) is preparing to issue $1 billion in green bonds to support a 30-year supply of clean energy for San Diego Community Power (SDCP)....
The UK government has secured a landmark £7.5 billion ($10 billion) investment agreement with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to accelerate clean energy and infrastructure development across Britain. The partnership, signed in...
Arbor, a pioneering Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) company, has secured a $41 million carbon removal deal through Frontier, a coalition backed by Google, Stripe, Meta, Shopify, McKinsey,...
Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago with over 17,000 islands, is making significant strides toward a sustainable energy future. At the forefront of this transition is the Cirata Floating Solar Farm,...
The UK government has launched its first-ever Onshore Wind Strategy, aiming to reverse nearly a decade of stagnation in the sector and deliver a major boost to its clean energy...
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