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  • Thai Biogas gets loan for two projects

    06 June 2014

    The Thai Biogas Energy Company has agreed a THB402 million ($12.3 million) loan from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for the development of two projects.

  • Biomass specialist Albioma to issue €80m bond

    04 June 2014

    French renewable energy producer Albioma plans to issue an €80 million ($109 million) bond to help it pursue its "ambitious growth strategy".

  • South Africa opens door to domestic carbon market

    02 May 2014

    South Africa looks set to launch a domestic carbon market after it released proposals for companies to be allowed to buy offsets to reduce their carbon tax bills.

  • Losses increase, NAV falls at Trading Emissions

    25 March 2014

    Trading Emissions Plc (TEP), a London-listed environmental investment fund, has reported a £19.8 million ($32.7 million) loss for the first half year.

  • African Renewable Energy Fund raises $100m

    13 March 2014

    The African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF), which focuses on renewable energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, reached a first close yesterday, as it raised $100 million to invest in small- to medium-sized independent power producers.

  • Trading Emissions sells its last CDM credits

    10 March 2014

    Trading Emissions, a London-listed investment fund currently being wound up, has disposed of its remaining portfolio of carbon credits.

  • Backing biomass

    27 February 2014

    A new financing structure has been proposed to help governments provide additional capital to build bio-energy plants. Andrea Salimbeni and Giuliano Grassi explain

  • Plans for £150m UK bioethanol plant are shelved

    16 January 2014

    Plans to build a £150 million ($246.2 million) bioethanol plant in the UK are set to be shelved in favour of recommissioning a plant in the US, where legislation is more favourable to investment, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • A licence to list?

    14 November 2013

    There has been a welcome increase in the number of renewables firms launching IPOs in 2013. But is this promising spate of activity a sign that investor confidence in the sector is finally growing, or will it prove a false dawn, asks Peter Cripps

  • South-east Asia clean energy fund closes at $164m

    11 November 2013

    A fund focused on clean energy projects in south-east Asia has reached a final close of $164 million, exceeding its target.