Some 120 deals were finalised in 2014, led by the 600MW Gemini offshore wind power development off the Netherlands, with German-owned KfW IPEX-Bank the most active in project-funding nine deals, followed by Brazil's BDNES development bank with eight, and Banco Santander, Bayerische Landesbank New York, and Eksport Kredit Fonden with seven each.
"There has been a significant jump in the number of yieldcos entering the renewable energy space, and for yieldcos to grow they must continually add new projects to their portfolio.