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Meet Glitnir at U.S. Geothermal Energy Conference & Expo in Reno, Nevada
Glitnir is proud to be represented again this year at the biggest Geothermal Energy event in the United States.The "Geothermal Energy 2008 Conference & Expo".
09.09.2008Advisory for Nevada Geothermal Power
Glitnir, the leading provider of financing and advisory services to the global geothermal energy industry, announced today that it served as lead co-arranger with Morgan Stanley & Company Inc. for a US$180 million loan facility for Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.
14.07.2008Geothermal Energy on the Agenda in New York
The President of Iceland, DOE Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner, and Dan Reicher, Director of Google.org Climate Change Initiative, speaking at a Geothermal Renewable Energy Workshop organised by Glitnir and GEA.
04.06.2008Glitnir being recognized for its Geothermal Energy Activities
Glitnir Bank made 2nd place for the “Sustainable Deal of the Year” at Financial Times Sustainable Banking awards, which were presented at an award ceremony in London Tuesday evening. Among speakers was the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson and Barcleys Chairman, Marcus Agius.
28.04.2008Glitnir on FT’s short-list for Sustainable Banking Awards
Glitnir was short-listed for the "Sustainable Deal of the Year" - the second year in a row! The awards, now in their third year, are to recognize banks and other financial institutions that have shown leadership and innovation in integrating social, environmental and corporate governance considerations into their operations.
30.03.2008Al Gore meeting in Reykjavik fully booked
All seats are booked for a talk with Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States of America, in Háskólabíó theatre on Tuesday, April 8th.
28.03.2008Glitnir and the University of Iceland host meeting with Al Gore
Al Gore, former Vice-President of the United States and Nobel Prize winner, will be the keynote speaker at an open meeting on environmental issues to be hosted by Glitnir. The meeting is organised in co-operation with the University of Iceland. Al Gore will be visiting Iceland as a guest of the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson.
19.03.2008Glitnir at the largest Renewable Energy Gathering in US History
WIREC 2008, the largest renewable energy business conference and trade show ever held in the United States took place March 4-6 in Washington, D.C. hosted by the U.S. Government. Global in scope, the event hosted exhibitors, speakers and delegates from more than 70 countries from around the world.
06.09.2007Official opening of Glitnir Capital Corporations office in the United States
Glitnir, the Nordic financial group, announced yesterday the official opening of a New York office for its US subsidiary Glitnir Capital Corporation.
06.09.2007Huge potential for green geothermal energy in the US, holds Glitnir
Glitnir, the Nordic financial group, hosted the first "Steam of Opportunities" conference in New York yesterday
05.09.2007U.S. Geothermal potential in an advertising section in the Wall Street Journal
The section titled "Geothermal Untapped" discusses in a number of articles the case study of geothermal energy in Iceland, and the geothermal energy opportunities and potential in the United States.
05.01.2007Geysir Green Energy founded:
Glitnir, FL Group and VGK Hönnun Engineering have founded an investment company, Geysir Green Energy, with the objective of investing in sustainable energy.
22.11.2006Glitnir welcomes media to the opening of its office in Shanghai
Glitnir is finance partner for the geothermal district heating utility in Xianyang; CHINA'S OFFICIAL GEOTHERMAL CITY. Glitnir invites the press, to take part in our opening in Shanghai, Monday December 4.
15.11.2006Glitnir announces expansion into U.S. geothermal energy market
Glitnir executive Árni Magnússon represented the leading Nordic specialty bank today in a speech at the Geothermal Development and Finance Workshop in Washington, D.C.
06.03.2006New Director at Corporate and Investment Banking
Árni Magnússon has been hired as a Director at Íslandsbanki's (now Glitnir Bank) Corporate and Investment Banking. He will lead the Bank's Center of Excellence in sustainable energy, a sector in which the Bank plans to grow internationally and become one of the world's leading financial institutions.
15.12.2005ISB (now Glitnir) to open an office in China
Íslandsbanki hf. (now Glitnir Bank) today announced plans to open a representative office in Shanghai, China, in 2006.
18.05.2005ISB (now Glitnir) finances the world's largest geothermal district heating utility in China
Representatives of Enex hf., Orkuveita Reykjavíkur and Íslandsbanki hf. (now Glitnir Bank) on behalf of Enex-Kína ehf. together with representatives of Shanxi CGCO Energy Development Construction Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of, Sinopec and Xianyang City Investment Co., Ltd. today signed a cooperation agreement on construction of a new geothermal district heating system in Xianyang, that is expected to be the world's largest of its kind.
