Tagged: energy

September 20, 2026 @ 12:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Poland’s state-controlled energy group Orlen is facing one of its costliest trading setbacks after a late-2023 attempt to secure cheap Venezuelan crude unraveled. The arrangement, handled through its Swiss trading arm, Orlen Trading Switzerland, was meant to lock in about six million barrels of heavy… Read More

January 21, 2026 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank focused on enabling mid-market businesses, has recently extended significant financing to two distinct ventures. These moves underscore the bank’s commitment to fostering sustainable development and economic expansion, having already disbursed over $18 billion in loans that have spurred job creation and… Read More

December 8, 2025 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI is now said to be rewiring the economics of data centers. This, according to a recent update shared by CB Insights which noted that steady growth in large language models is increasingly pushing data center buildouts into the multi‑GW range — equivalent to “a… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG noted that the vast majority or 86 per cent) of energy and technology business professionals in the UK now believe that without AI it would take longer for their organisation to achieve its net zero goals, according to KPMG’s report on AI and the… Read More

June 25, 2025 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a step toward a sustainable Australia, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has unveiled two major initiatives aimed at empowering individuals and businesses to embrace energy efficiency and environmental responsibility. Launched recently, the Home Energy Upgrades service and Australia’s first Sustainable Finance Taxonomy underscore… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfarms Ltd. (Nasdaq: BITF), a global energy and compute infrastructure company, announced that the company has entered into an initial agreement for a private debt facility for up to “$300 million from Macquarie Equipment Capital, Inc., a division of Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets’… Read More

January 20, 2025 @ 3:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Atom bank, the UK’s digital banking platform, released research which highlights a knowledge gap among UK homeowners when it comes to Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and the cost of retrofitting. The data reveals that over half (53%) of homeowners are “unaware of their home’s EPC… Read More

November 1, 2024 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, a provider of solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-money Laundering (AML) transaction monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), announced that is expanded into the energy and commodities sectors. This move provides solutions that aim to simplify client and supply chain onboarding and improve… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hometree, a residential energy services company, has raised £250m in debt financing from Barclays to help homeowners finance the installation of solar panels, battery storage systems, and heat pumps through a range of lease and loan products. The zero-deposit payment options are uniquely “designed for the… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 3:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CarbonEnfo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Empower Energy Technology, will leverage Energy Web’s ecosystem and Web 3 infrastructure solutions in order “to develop and launch a range of blockchain-enabled energy data services.” CarbonEnfo, a division of Empower Energy Technology, a key player focused on… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cassini Systems, which claims to be the industry leader of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, announces its partnership with CF Partners, the provider of energy and environmental solutions for companies looking for a low-carbon future, with services including emissions… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 3:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

EnergyFunders has launched a new fund, Yield Fund II. EnergyFunders previously listed Yield Fund I which reportedly raised the most of any offerings on the platform to date. EnergyFunders is an energy-related investment platform that has also entered into the crypto mining sector – which… Read More

December 21, 2020 @ 11:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Enviva, a global energy company that specializes in sustainable wood bioenergy, announced on Monday it has joined forces with blockchain company GoChain to launch a new pilot program designed to enhance the traceability of sustainable biomass. According to the duo, this pilot program identified… Read More

August 30, 2020 @ 10:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Green, a UK-based digital energy buying and managing platform, is set to close its Seedrs funding round with nearly £300,000 secured from 630 investors. Founded in 2019, Green describes itself as an energy supplier that was set up with three main goals, which are… Read More

August 9, 2020 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A division of China’s state-owned power grid has reportedly introduced a blockchain-enabled blackout insurance policy that’s issued to the chairman of a local firm that had to compensate for a recent loss due to a power outage. The Zhejiang Ningbo Power Supply Company has teamed… Read More

April 12, 2018 @ 10:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Investment manager Downing LLP has launched of a new bond on its crowdfunding platform, Downing Crowd, paying 7.6% p.a. interest to investors by lending £10M to projects across the UK’s reserve power market. [clickToTweet tweet=”.@Downingcrowd Reserve Power Bond will enable investment of up to £10M in… Read More

July 9, 2017 @ 3:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Described as the next milestone for the alternative finance platform, Finnest, an SME online debt-based crowdfunding platform, has been selected by Polytechnic Luft- und Feuerungstechnik GmbH to provide growth funding. Investors may now invest in an internationally leading biomass, green energy firm; “We are very… Read More

June 12, 2017 @ 5:32 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Powervault has proven that successive raises on Crowdcube can be very successful.  In the middle of the UK company’s fourth raise, the home battery system with a pre-money valuation of £8,083,548 aims to enable customers to make smarter use of their energy by harnessing freely-generated solar energy and off-peak… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the closing of ChargeSync’s campaign, Invesdor announced that the company’s initiative became the first UK success on the crowdfunding platform. ChargeSync is a London-based company that is looking to cut power bills and emissions by storing and optimizing power for household or business consumption. The company… Read More

February 28, 2017 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has formed a partnership with German energy company innogy SE to help deliver the next generation of energy solutions in Israel. According to OurCrowd, the partnership will combine the strength of the funding portal’s network and ability to scout investment opportunities in… Read More