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  • Bond 2016: Lightsource's Kingpin

    23 March 2016

    It's been a bumpy couple of years for UK solar, with the government phasing out existing subsidy regimes for more 'competitive' models, making further cuts to Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) and implementing tighter restrictions on Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs).

  • EF BRIEFS: TenneT, Finansinspektionen, World Bank, AMP

    09 March 2016

    Dutch grid operator TenneT has said it will issue green bonds to help finance its €22 billion ($24 billion) decade-long expansion plan.

  • EF BRIEFS: FrieslandCampina, NTR wind fund, Engie, Enel, ScottishPower, Wheb

    29 February 2016

    Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina has become the second issuer to issue a green Schuldschein – a type of German privately-placed debt instrument similar to a mid-term note.

  • Abengoa reveals €1.7bn cash hole

    18 February 2016

    Abengoa has revealed it will require an extra €1.66 billion ($1.85 billion) over the next two years, as it prepares to enter debt restructuring talks.

  • EF BRIEFS: First Reserve, Capital Stage, Gestamp Solar, HSBC, BP, Yingli

    15 February 2016

    Energy investor First Reserve has acquired a US wind farm from Mariah Acquisition for an undisclosed sum.

  • Private equity house mulls Italian solar exit as it looks for new assets

    11 February 2016

    Private equity firm Amplio Group is eyeing the sale or refinancing of its 31MW Italian solar portfolio as well as further acquisitions in the country, Environmental Finance understands.

  • New Forests in sustainable Indonesian rubber deal

    23 December 2015

    Forestry investment manager New Forests has invested in a rubber plantation in Indonesia, in a deal it says will pave the way for more institutional investments in large-scale, sustainable forestry in the country.

  • Abengoa Yield in search for new investors after Abengoa files for protection

    02 December 2015

    Abengoa Yield's newly reappointed CEO Santiago Seage is in New York holding talks with potential buyers of the 47% stake in the yieldco held by its embattled parent company Abengoa SA.

  • Lightsource issues UK's biggest renewables bond, in £284m deal

    06 November 2015

    Lightsource Renewable Energy has completed what it claims is the world's largest sterling-denominated bond for renewables.

  • Infographic: Assessing water risk in corporate bonds

    09 October 2015

    A tool has been invented to make it easier to incorporate water risk into corporate bond credit risk analysis.