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  • Canadian Solar lands $250m loan for acquisition

    07 May 2015

    Canadian Solar has agreed a $250 million loan with China Minsheng Bank.

  • Consortium raises debt for Canadian solar portfolio

    07 May 2015

    Debt financing has been closed on 'one of the largest' solar portfolios in Canada.

  • Germany's Capital Stage issues unlabelled green project bond

    06 May 2015

    Renewable energy operator Capital Stage has issued an unlabelled green project bond for a UK solar portfolio.

  • SolarCity agrees $500m revolving loan facility

    06 May 2015

    US solar energy installer SolarCity has closed a $500 million revolving loan facility with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.

  • Banks too slow to curb coal financing, say NGOs

    05 May 2015

    Global financing for coal mining and coal-fired power generation remained unchanged last year at about $144 billion, despite the financial distress of leading coal miners and many banks increasing their support for renewable energy.

  • TerraForm adds $100m to credit facility

    05 May 2015

    TerraForm Power has increased its revolving credit facility by $100 million, adding JP Morgan and Santander to its list of lenders.

  • IIGCC appoints Schoenberg as head of EU policy

    05 May 2015

    Martin Schoenberg has been appointed as head of EU policy at the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).

  • Green Bond Principles 'must tighten up on transparency'

    01 May 2015

    The Green Bond Principles should be strengthened in order to fill a "transparency gap" that is emerging in the market, according to an alliance of NGOs.

  • Centerbridge's oversubscribed green bond helps it buy Senvion

    01 May 2015

    Centerbridge Partners has completed its acquisition of wind turbine maker Senvion after raising €400 million ($440 million) through a green bond that was nearly twice oversubscribed.

  • Kilowatt and Citi agree $200m debt warehouse as they eye ABS issues

    30 April 2015

    Clean energy lender Kilowatt Financial has agreed a $200 million 'debt warehouse facility' with Citi to finance residential solar systems, in a first step towards issuing asset backed securities (ABS).