With climate change and environment, social and governance (ESG) themes dominating the investor landscape, the interest in green bonds is increasing in India. Recently, the Indian government announced plans to issue green bonds for the […]
Avaada Energy, India’s leading solar project developer, has announced that it will raise Rs 14.4 billion in green bonds in the Indian capital market at a rate of 6.75 per cent, making it the country’s […]
In 2021, India has seen considerable financial activity in the green energy sector, both on the equity as well as debt fronts. While there was growth in debt financings, the financial activity was largely concentrated […]
The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has unveiled plans for an initial public offering of new equity shares and issuance of green bonds in both domestic and international markets to mobilise capital for lending. […]
The Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) has issued its 7-year Euro Bond, which is a green bond on September 13, 2021, raising Euro 300 million. This is India’s debut Euro-denominated green bond issuance and is […]
As the world progresses to a cleaner, greener, carbon-free future, countries across the globe are undertaking a host of initiatives to meet these goals. These include shutting down thermal plants, promoting electric vehicles, restoring grasslands […]
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) issued its first ListCo senior green bond, raising $750 million. The bonds will have a three-year tenor at a rate of 4.375 percent. The funds will be used to pay […]
The year 2020 saw a mix of positives and negatives for renewable energy financing. The downside was a significant decline in debt activity, as Covid-19 worsened the condition of the banking sector and the stream […]
With the Covid-19 crisis casting a shadow over new investment plans, lenders remained wary in 2020, especially on account of a liquidity crunch owing to banking sector issues, and regulatory and contractual uncertainties in the […]
In November 2017, state-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) raised $400 million through its maiden green bond issue. The company listed its 10-year Reg S Green Bond on the London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) International Securities Market […]
YES Bank had committed to finance 5,000 MW of renewable energy projects at the RE-INVEST Summit 2015 and to mobilise climate finance of $5 billion by 2020 at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, […]
The government’s ambitious renewable energy capacity target of 175 GW by 2022 is accompanied by an equally large demand for capital to finance these projects. According to the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), $189 million of […]
India’s installed renewable energy capacity currently stands at a little over 60 GW. While technological advancements and a progressive policy and regulatory framework have played a key role in achieving this capacity, the financing community […]
In order to achieve the ambitious renewable energy target of 175 GW by 2022, an estimated investment of over $100 billion will be required. While this is a sizeable amount, India’s renewable energy capacity expansion […]
With the constantly evolving ecosystem of the Indian renewable energy market, financial instruments too have developed over the years. The government envisages an investment requirement of $100 billion to realise the renewable energy targets over […]
Given India’s renewable energy targets and Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, the country’s green investments could reach $2.5 trillion by 2030. Traditionally, capital for energy projects has been raised either through equity financing (via private equity) […]
Despite the government’s focus on the utility-scale solar power sub-segment, the rooftop solar segment has been able to maintain its market share at about 10 per cent over the past few years. Capacity addition has […]
Nearly 20 cent of the country’s solar installed capacity target for 2022 is slated to come from solar parks. These parks have a number of solar power projects with a cumulative capacity of over 500 […]
The renewable energy sector in India has been in the limelight for the sheer volume of activities taking place in this space in the past two years. The co-untry is working towards meeting the government’s […]
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