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Bluefield Solar Income Fund 'unaffected' by planned UK subsidy cuts
26 October 2015Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) remains bullish about the UK solar market despite recently-proposed cuts to subsidies for small utility-scale renewable energy.
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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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Terra Firma takes Infinis private in the face of 'adversely affected' growth prospects
22 October 2015British private equity giant Terra Firma has decided to delist renewables developer Infinis, less than two years after the company floated.
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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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60% of investors report stranded asset concerns, says EY
22 October 2015More than 60% of institutional investors are concerned about the risk of stranded assets, with almost a third slashing their holdings companies as a result, according to research from Ernst & Young (EY).
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Investors urged to question fossil fuel companies' demand assumptions
22 October 2015Coal, oil and gas companies' assumptions about future demand for fossil fuels are inconsistent with decarbonisation plans set out by 150 countries ahead of the forthcoming Paris climate change talks, a think-tank has warned.
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UK government slammed for "rushed and potentially botched" privatisation of Green Investment Bank
21 October 2015The Green Investment Bank (GIB) risks being "paralysed by privatisation" in a process some investors say risks undermining the organisation.
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Politicians add to calls for a price on carbon emissions
20 October 2015Leading politicians have come together to support calls for a price on carbon emissions, ahead of the UN's climate change talks in Paris in December.
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Multi-national corporates call for UN talks to facilitate carbon markets
19 October 2015A group of 14 leading industrial companies have called on negotiators at the UN climate change talks in Paris in December to deliver an agreement that facilitates international carbon markets.
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The Green Climate Fund poised for investment
19 October 2015The Green Climate Fund has reached critical mass and is readying itself for COP 21. Sophie Robinson-Tillett speaks to its head of private finance about the changes needed to bring climate finance into the mainstream