Asia
14 January 2013
Chinese photovoltaic manufacturer Hanwah SolarOne has agreed with Samsung Securities and Kookmin Bank Hong Kong to issue three-year, $100m floating rate notes.
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14 January 2013
American Superconductor has said China’s Supreme People’s Court will hold an additional hearing regarding its copyright infringement case against Sinovel.
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14 January 2013
Silicon wafer maker GCL Poly has warned it expects to post a ‘substantial’ loss for 2012.
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11 January 2013
Suzlon Energy has been told to raise INR5,000 crore ($921.72m) or sell its prized subsidiary REpower by creditors who are making the demands before they will agree to lower interest rates.
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11 January 2013
The Chinese government is set to double its photovoltaic deployment ambitions, giving an early-year boost to the country’s manufacturers.
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11 January 2013
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Ming Yang has said it does not know why its NYSE-listed shares saw such a price spike yesterday.
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11 January 2013
UTC Power has been contracted by a Samsung affiliate to supply fuel cells for the Lotte World Tower, South Korea’s first super-tall skyscraper.
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11 January 2013
Over 80 per cent of companies had reduced the valuation of an acquisition target or not gone ahead with a deal because of poor performance on environmental, social and governance factors, while 75 per cent said poor performance in this area had prevented a deal from taking place.
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11 January 2013
Japan is to set up a JPY1bn ($11.2m) clean power fund as it seeks investment from the private sector into its green infrastructure build-out.
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10 January 2013
Welspun Energy is set to invest INR15,000 crore ($2.75bn) into India’s renewable energy sector over the next three years.
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10 January 2013
The Chinese government has doubled its target for photovoltaic deployment, with plans to have 10GW of arrays operating by 2015.
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10 January 2013
Fidelity Growth Partners India (FGPI) has invested INR30crore ($5.4m) in Indian biotechnology developer Richcore Lifesciences.
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10 January 2013
Japan’s Solar Frontier has reached an agreement with the Development Bank of Japan for the establishment of a joint investment company to fund solar projects.
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9 January 2013
Only 90 would-be developers have submitted plans for possible solar projects under Tamil Nadu’s request for proposals in India.
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9 January 2013
India-focused VC firm SIDBI Venture is to sell cleantech developer HHV Solar following a INR220m ($3.9m) investment from Swelect Energy Systems, according to AVCJ.
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9 January 2013
Private equity giant KKR has given follow-on financing to Chinese wastewater treatment specialist United Envirotech.
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8 January 2013
Chinese photovoltaic manufacturer Yingli Green Energy is expecting its fourth quarter 2012 module shipment to reach a record high.
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8 January 2013
Basic Energy has teamed up with international investors including a Chinese group to develop renewable power resources in the Philippines.
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7 January 2013
The Indian subsidiary of Portugal’s Martifer Solar has been contracted by Mapro Foods to construct a 350kW photovoltaic rooftop array.
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7 January 2013
An India-based renewable energy producer with ambitious portfolio build-out plans is reportedly hoping to raise $150m over the next month.
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