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Barclays rumoured to be eyeing green bond issue
26 October 2015Barclays is hoping to join the growing list of commercial banks to issue a green bond, according to market sources.
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S&P expects increase in rating revisions due to environmental factors
26 October 2015Standard & Poor's (S&P) has made 56 rating actions in response to climate change and other environmental issues over the past two years, and expects more in future, the ratings agency revealed in a research note.
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Mexico Stock Exchange to launch green bond list
26 October 2015Mexico's stock exchange plans to launch the first green bond segment outside Europe, as it seeks to lay the foundations for the development of a market in the country.
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Tenergie refinances solar plants for €150m
23 October 2015Credit Agricole has led a syndicate of banks to help French renewable energy developer Tenergie refinance a 54.4MW portfolio of solar projects for €150 million ($165 million).
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Mexican development bank eyes $500m green bond issue
23 October 2015Mexico's development bank, Nacional Financiera, is readying itself to issue a $500 million green bond.
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Not all types of water projects should be considered green
23 October 2015There is a huge need for infrastructure spending on water projects. But not all of these investments should be eligible for green bonds, argues Giulio Boccaletti
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Sunnova takes fund raising to almost $900m
22 October 2015Sunnova Energy has secured an additional $300 million in debt and equity funding to help expand its presence in the residential solar energy market in the US.
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New York Green Bank lends $49m to three projects
22 October 2015The New York Green Bank (NYGB) has lent $49 million to three clean energy projects in the state which it claims has attracted a further $178 million of private investment.
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Opic backs 100MW concentrated solar project in South Africa
21 October 2015The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Opic) – a US development finance organisation – has committed $400 million of debt financing to support the development of a 100MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project in South Africa.
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Green bond market may only reach $40bn, says Moody's
21 October 2015The green bond market stands to massively underperform previous growth estimates for 2015, according to new figures from Moody's.