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Bioenergy standards proposed
25 March 2015Bioenergy standards for projects eligible for funding from green bonds have been released, and cover social impacts as well as environmental ones.
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Offshore wind is increasingly attractive to institutional investors, says EY
10 March 2015Offshore wind energy projects are becoming increasingly attractive to institutional investors and could be cost-competitive with more established forms of energy by 2023, according to consultancy EY.
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Jordan awards tenders for 200MW of renewables projects
19 February 2015Jordan has awarded contracts to 12 solar projects and two wind farms, totalling 200MW, in its first renewable energy tender.
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The best performing funds of 2014: Ecofi Enjeux Futurs
03 February 2015Finding firms that help address challenges caused by environmental pressures and the growing global population helped produce benchmark-beating results. Fund manager Olivier Plaisant talks to Peter Cripps
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Insurers say their climate-friendly investments will reach $84bn next year
24 September 2014Insurance companies will double their climate-friendly investments to $84 billion by the end of next year, according to two leading industry associations.
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Hareon Solar expands in China, India and Turkey
27 August 2014Hareon Solar Technology, one of the largest solar energy companies in China, has signed a series of deals to develop photovoltaic (PV) power plants in China, India and Turkey.
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GIB, Marubeni refinance equity stake in UK offshore wind farm
11 August 2014The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Japanese trading firm Marubeni have refinanced part of their 50% stake in the 210MW Westermost Rough wind farm off the east coast of England.
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Water Benefit Standard set to issue first certificates
05 August 2014An initiative that aims to raise millions of dollars to finance water projects is set to issue its first certificates ahead of its official launch next month, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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Power to the people
08 May 2014Steven McNab and Jessica Holt review the benefits and barriers associated with greater use of decentralised energy generation.
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Geothermal plant 'close to securing $1.17bn in loans'
28 March 2014Indonesia's largest geothermal project, Sarulla, is reportedly close to securing $1.17 billion of project finance from a syndicate of private and public lenders.