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  • SunEdison buys Vivint for $2.2bn and plans 523MW drop-down to yieldco

    20 July 2015

    SunEdison has continued its spending spree with the purchase of US-listed roof top solar developer Vivint Solar for $2.2 billion.

  • TerraForm Global to offer $800m green bond alongside IPO

    20 July 2015

    SunEdison's latest yieldco, TerraForm Global, will offer an $800 million green bond alongside its IPO on Nasdaq today.

  • Bank issuance helps green bond market gather steam in Q2

    01 July 2015

    A raft of issues from private banks helped the green bond market gather pace in Q2 after a slow start to the year.

  • Rhode Island plans $56m green bond for water treatment

    01 July 2015

    The Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency plans to raise $56.345 million by issuing a green bond.

  • Green bond comment: An encouraging quarter

    01 July 2015

    When Environmental Finance's small-but-dedicated team of green bond aficionados totted up all the green bond issues from the first quarter of 2015, the numbers were a little disappointing, says Peter Cripps.

  • Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting

    01 July 2015

    Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports

  • Sunrun announces IPO

    26 June 2015

    Sunrun, the second largest rooftop solar leasing company in the US, has confirmed plans to float on NASDAQ.

  • NRG Yield increases fundraising to $907m

    25 June 2015

    Strong demand has allowed NRG Yield to expand its fundraising by $118 million.

  • Strong growth in green bond market expected in H2

    23 June 2015

    Investors and underwriters are confident the green bond market will show healthy growth this year, thanks to increased issuance from corporates, municipalities and emerging economies, and a maturing market infrastructure.

  • UK's GIB slated for part-privatisation

    23 June 2015

    The UK government is set to announce plans to sell a stake in the Green Investment Bank (GIB) to private investors.