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  • EIB issues its first green bond of 2016

    06 January 2016

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) got the green bond market to a flying start issuing €500 million ($536 million) notes.

  • OPIC green guarantees rise to nearly $350m following spate of issues

    06 January 2016

    The US government-backed Overseas Private Investor Corporation (OPIC) issued a spate of 'green guarantees' towards the end of 2015, bringing the total amount it has raised and outstanding through these instruments to nearly $350 million.

  • EF BRIEFS: SunEdison, Generation IM, EDC, Kingfisher, RWE, Drax

    02 December 2015

    India is planning to launch a $1 billion private equity fund to invest in its domestic renewable energy sector, according to the country's energy minister, Piyush Goyal.

  • Southern Power ups green bond to $1bn

    17 November 2015

    Southern Power has increased the size of its inaugural green bond to $1 billion after being nearly five-times oversubscribed.

  • Southern Power Co plans $750m green bond

    13 November 2015

    Southern Power Company is marketing a $750 million green bond, in a transaction set to make it the first US-based utility to tap the market.

  • ING Bank plans green bond issue

    10 November 2015

    ING Bank is set to join the growing list of lenders issuing green bonds, Environmental Finance understands.

  • Societe Generale plans €500m green "impact bond"

    06 November 2015

    Societe Generale plans to issue a €500 million ($543 million) "impact bond" to refinance loans which have a climate impact.

  • Mexico's development bank's green bond five times oversubscribed

    04 November 2015

    Mexico's development bank, Nacional Financiera (Nafin), has become the first Latin American development bank to tap the green bond market, with a five-times oversubscribed $500 million issue.

  • Hannon Armstrong raises $103.5m in equity raise

    21 October 2015

    Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) has managed to secure the full $103.5 million it planned to raise in its latest share offering, announced earlier this month.

  • Hawaii to issue $35m green bond

    16 October 2015

    The State of Hawaii is set to issue a $35 million green bond to acquire land for conservation.