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  • Thai Superblock signs 27bn Bhat solar deal

    30 June 2015

    Thai utility giant Superblock has signed a 27 billion Bhat ($798 million) agreement with Japan's Energy Complex to build a 300MW solar plant in Japan.

  • TerraForm Power financing vehicle backed by Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, Citi and more

    29 June 2015

    TerraForm Power has created a $525 million warehouse facility to hold its latest portfolio acquisition.

  • Quotes of the Quarter

    26 June 2015

    Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the second quarter of 2015.

  • UK GIB to devise green bond rating system

    26 June 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is to devise a system to help rate green bonds and compare their environmental benefits.

  • TRIG invests £246m in wind projects, plans share placing

    24 June 2015

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), one of six UK-listed yieldcos, is paying £246 million ($386 million) for a 49% equity interest in a portfolio of six operating onshore wind farms owned by Fred Olsen Wind Ltd (FOWL).

  • Gothenburg's third green bond 'heavily oversubscribed'

    24 June 2015

    The City of Gothenburg has this week issued its third green bond.

  • Rating agencies underestimate climate risks, warn lawyers

    24 June 2015

    Credit rating agencies are creating significant risks for investors, and could be exposing themselves to legal liability, by failing to acknowledge the climate risks facing fossil fuel investments, a US law group has warned.

  • Strong growth in green bond market expected in H2

    23 June 2015

    Investors and underwriters are confident the green bond market will show healthy growth this year, thanks to increased issuance from corporates, municipalities and emerging economies, and a maturing market infrastructure.

  • Canadian Solar secures C$71.6m construction loan

    22 June 2015

    Canadian Solar has secured a C$71.6 Million ($58 million) non-recourse, short-term construction loan from Deutsche Bank to construct two 10MW solar plants.

  • Financials become biggest corporate green bond issuer

    19 June 2015

    Banks have emerged as the biggest corporate issuers of green bonds after a spate of issues this year helped the sector overtake utilities, according to a report.