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  • Q2 off to flying start for green bond market

    08 April 2015

    A spate of organisations are gearing up to issue green bonds after a quarter which saw $8.7 billion of issues.

  • Capital Stage uses insurance investment to finance UK acquisitions

    08 April 2015

    German renewables operator Capital Stage is set to buy three solar parks in the UK, financed with investment from an insurance company.

  • RobecoSAM, S&P Dow Jones launch ESG-tilted sovereign bond index

    08 April 2015

    Asset management firm RobecoSAM has teamed up with S&P Dow Jones Indices to develop a sovereign bond index that reflects countries' environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.

  • Northland raises $326m debt for Canadian wind

    02 April 2015

    Northland Power has reached financial close on a wind project, raising C$326 million ($258 million).

  • Standard Bank's $250m lending platform for African renewables

    02 April 2015

    Standard Bank is to borrow $250 million, which it will lend on to fund renewables projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Apex Clean Energy announces $397m loan and sale of major wind project

    01 April 2015

    US renewable energy firm Apex Clean Energy has secured a $397 million loan to finance the construction of its 299MW Kay Wind project in Oklahoma. Simultaneously, Apex announced that it had agreed to sell the facility, on completion, to Southern Power for an undisclosed sum.

  • Results: Environmental Finance's 8th Annual Deals of the Year Awards

    01 April 2015

    Environmental Finance has revealed the winners of its 8th Annual Deals of the Year Awards.

  • Enel Green Power inks renewables deals with GE and KfW

    01 April 2015

    Enel Green Power (EGP) has sold a stake in its North American assets to General Electric (GE), as the US giant continues to build its clean energy portfolio.

  • Deals of the Year 2015

    01 April 2015

    The low-interest, low-yield environment of recent years has been a curse for many investors, but it has, at least, helped advance renewables' cause.

  • Wind: Project Gemini

    01 April 2015

    Gemini's record-breaking size attracted countless headlines, but the project also broke new ground in the way it was financed.