FC and Sasfin Announce Partnership to Develop Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects Johannesburg, November 1, 2012—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Sasfin Bank today announced a partnership to develop a portfolio of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects with South African small and medium enterprises. The new advisory services agreement will [...]
SunEdison, a  worldwide solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.  has completed a €155 million non-recourse debt financing arrangement with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and UniCredit Group for SunEdison’s 60.4MWp solar power plant in Bulgaria. SunEdison expects to complete the sale of [...]
The World Bank this week approved $297 million in loans to Morocco to help finance the Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Plant Project, taking a historic step toward realizing one of the first large-scale plants of this kind in North Africa to exploit the region’s vast solar energy resources. With this approval from the Bank’s Board [...]