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  • 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.

  • Asia poised to recharge green bond market, says BAML

    19 June 2015

    Asia is set to kickstart the next wave of growth in the green bond market, say analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), who identify six bonds in the pipeline.

  • Gothenburg names SEB lead bookrunner in third green bond

    19 June 2015

    The City of Gothenburg has mandated SEB as sole lead bookrunner for a six-year SEK-denominated green bond, plans for which were announced by Environmental Finance earlier this year.

  • TerraForm Power to pay down debt with $500m share placement

    18 June 2015

    TerraForm Power is planning to pay off some of its debt by raising $500 million through a share offering.

  • SEK inaugural $500m green bond is first from a European export credit institution

    18 June 2015

    Sweden's Export Credit Institution (SEK) revealed that it has successfully priced its first $500 million green bond.

  • World Bank smashes $500m in index-linked green bonds

    17 June 2015

    The World Bank has broken through the $500 million mark for its index-linked green bond issuance.

  • Citi and Renew Financial issue first ever unsecured energy efficiency ABS

    17 June 2015

    Citi and Renew Financial have issued the first ever asset-backed security (ABS) transaction comprised of unsecured consumer energy efficiency loans.

  • SPI eyes $40m private placement

    15 June 2015

    Chinese renewables firm Solar Power Inc (SPI) is planning a $40 million private placement.