London Stock Exchange Issuer Services, in partnership with Datamaran, is delighted to invite you to the webinar “Towards mandatory climate disclosure: a push from Europe”, taking place on Wednesday July 1st 2020. Click here to add this event to your calendar. While all eyes are pointed at the impact of the novel…

Covid-19 took us all by surprise. Within weeks, a local health issue far from European shores grew to a global crisis of unprecedented proportions. The so-called “Great Lockdown” has brought the global economy to its knees, causing the loss of jobs and businesses while threatening to deplete government budgets and…

Aquila European Renewables Income Fund PLC (the “Company”) today announces the publication of a prospectus in relation to an initial public offering (“IPO”) of shares on the premium segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company is seeking to raise €300 million by way of a…

The transition to a low-carbon economy is a key focus globally, for both Governments and the private sector, with most investors and investment banks now incorporating sustainability and climate transition as core focuses of their business. While record levels of renewable capacity are continuing to come on line in Australia…

I. OVERVIEW OF THE E-MOBILITY MARKET IN THE UK The race is on to transform the UK’s transport sector in the next 15 years. The UK Government has indicated it wants to bring forward its ban on the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars in the UK from…

Today, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Alok Sharma has granted development consent for the UKs largest solar scheme – Cleve Hill Solar Park, located on the north Kent coast one mile from Faversham and less than 60 miles from central London. Cleve Hill Solar…

The Cleve Hill Solar Park team, together with developers Hive Energy Ltd and Wirsol Energy Ltd, celebrated a significant milestone this week by receiving the go-ahead from ministers for the UKs first nationally significant solar park project. On Thursday 28 May, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial…

Greencoat Capital LLP (“Greencoat”) has agreed to the acquisition of a 156 megawatt (“MW”) solar portfolio from BlackRock Real Assets (“BlackRock”) and Lightsource bp. The investment was made by Greencoat Solar II LP on behalf of a number of the UK’s largest pension funds. It will bring solar generating capacity…

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised REEF Development Ltd (“REEF”) on its acquisition of a 49.99 MW photovoltaic plant in Extremadura, Spain, from Viridi RE Development GmbH. The transaction was signed on 7 May 2020. Acting as transaction advisors, WFW carried out the due diligence process, the drafting and…

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has successfully advised Clean Growth Investment Management LLP on the establishment of a new £40 million Clean Growth Fund. The Clean Growth Fund was founded with investment from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and CCLA (one of the UK’s largest charity…