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EF BRIEFS: Spruce, Vivint, GE
24 May 2016Spruce Finance has secured $120 million of debt for rooftop solar, according to reports.
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Bloomberg to ramp up green bond data
12 February 2016Bloomberg is ramping up the information it collects about green bonds as part of its bid to help boost transparency in the fledgling market.
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Innovative renewables investments to help plug $5.2trn funding gap, says BNEF
28 January 2016Innovative financing trends will offer "massive new opportunities" for investors and companies in the clean energy sector, helping to combat a $5.2 trillion funding gap, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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Wind and solar boom propels clean energy investment to record $329bn
14 January 2016Investment in clean energy surged to a record $329 billion in 2015, helped by a boom in wind and solar projects which between them accounted for about half of all power generation commissioned in the year.
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Paris talks - now money must answer
07 January 2016If the pledges from COP21 are to be met, investors need to start treating renewables as a standalone asset class, argues Graham Smith
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Outperforming efficiency index steps up hunt for fund
18 November 2015A resource efficiency index that has significantly outperformed mainstream benchmarks since its inception nearly two years ago, has stepped up its search for an asset manager to base a fund on it.
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Green bond comment, October
28 October 2015A series of chunky issues have provided a welcome boost the green bond market in recent weeks.
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Renewables to dominate new power generation to 2020, says IEA
06 October 2015Renewable energy will be the largest source of electricity growth over the next five years, as costs continue to fall, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts.
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Abengoa Yield buys more assets and refinances construction debt
05 October 2015Abengoa Yield has bought two more solar plants from its parent company, the heavily indebted Spanish energy company Abengoa.
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22GW of missed capacity if renewable tax break ends, says SEIA
16 September 2015The amount of solar power capacity constructed in the US could be hit by up to 22GW if a form of incentive known as Investment Tax Credits (ITC) is allowed to expire at the end of 2016, according to research.