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A$529m refinancing catalyses wind farm sale
01 July 2013Australia's clean energy fund and a consortium of banks have invested A$529 million (US$486 million) to refinance Meridian Energy's 50% holding in the southern hemisphere's largest wind farm, paving the way for Meridian to sell its stake.
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Sustainable forestry fund raises A$570m
28 June 2013An Australian investment manager focused on sustainable forestry has raised A$570 million ($520 million) for one of its funds.
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Renewables fund plans £300m London listing
28 June 2013A renewables fund has outlined plans to list on the London Stock Exchange in a further sign that stockmarkets are becoming an increasingly attractive source of capital to developers.
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Allianz buys three wind farms
27 June 2013German insurance giant Allianz has expanded its renewable energy portfolio, buying three wind farms with a combined capacity of 100MW.
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Pension fund plans onshore wind push after first acquisition
26 June 2013A Danish pension fund's new onshore wind power joint venture is set to invest around DKK5 billion over the next five years, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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Third-party solar firm wins over major bank in fundraising
25 June 2013A company that installs solar panels on homes in the US has won financing to fund the purchase of more than $630 million worth of projects.
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'First European renewables fund exit' delivers 40% return
20 June 2013An investment firm has become the first in Europe to exit a renewable energy fund, it claimed, after it sold the remainder of the fund's wind assets and secured an overall internal rate of return of more than 40%.
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Danish pension fund to invest $200m in US offshore wind farm
19 June 2013A Danish pension fund has pledged to provide financing for a planned offshore wind farm in the US, the first public funding commitment to the project.
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Swiss Re stops 23 transactions on ESG grounds
19 June 2013Swiss Re's latest corporate responsibility report has revealed the firm barred 23 deals last year on the grounds that they did not meet its sustainability risk framework.
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Asia's richest man buys waste-to-energy firm
17 June 2013A group of companies owned by Hong Kong business tycoon Li Ka-shing has bought a Dutch waste treatment company for HK$9.7 billion (US$1.27 billion).