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  • First Wind buys '500MW' wind project

    30 June 2014

    US developer First Wind has bought a wind project in Texas with potential for 500MW capacity.

  • Innergex teams up with pension fund to acquire Canadian hydro

    25 June 2014

    Innergex Renewable Energy has teamed up with Desjardins Group Pension Plan to buy a hydroelectric facility in a deal valuing the site at CA$112.9 million ($104 million).

  • NextEra IPO to fund acquisitions

    24 June 2014

    Clean energy firm NextEra Energy hopes to raise up to $341 million by floating a subsidiary that owns and operates wind and solar projects in North America.

  • UK's Green Investment Bank plans £1bn offshore wind fund

    24 June 2014

    Plans for a £1 billion fund to acquire equity stakes in operational offshore wind projects in the UK have been announced by the country's Green Investment Bank (GIB).

  • KKR and ACCIONA in €417m renewables deal, companies plot yieldco

    24 June 2014

    Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has spent €417 million buying a third of the renewables division of Spanish engineering firm ACCIONA.

  • SunEdison buys 50MW of solar projects from BlueWave

    20 June 2014

    Solar firm SunEdison has bought 50MW of solar projects from project developer BlueWave Capital.

  • SolarCity buys Silevo and plans GW-scale production plant

    18 June 2014

    SolarCity, the largest US leasing company for rooftop solar installations, has agreed to buy Silevo, a Silicon Valley-based maker of solar panels, for about $200 million.

  • Allianz buys solar farm from BayWa

    18 June 2014

    Allianz Global Investors has bought a UK solar farm from the renewables arm of German conglomerate BayWa, and the two firms are in talks about further deals.

  • IFC issues RMB500m, London-listed green bond

    17 June 2014

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued a RMB500 million ($80 million) bond to support "climate-friendly" investments in emerging markets.

  • Firelight buys stakes in four Canadian wind projects

    16 June 2014

    Firelight Infrastructure Partners has borrowed CA$57 million ($52 million) to acquire stakes in four onshore wind projects in Canada.