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ETS reform could see carbon price treble by 2020, say analysts
06 May 2015The price of EU emission allowances (EUAs) could rise to more than €20 ($22.5) by 2020 from their current level of about €7.5, as a result of an agreement to curb the excess supply of allowances, analysts said.
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Pattern Energy raises forecast following acquisitions
07 April 2015US yieldco Pattern Energy has raised its predicted growth target for cash available for distribution (CAFD) by up to three percentage points after acquiring stakes in three wind assets.
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Northland raises $326m debt for Canadian wind
02 April 2015Northland Power has reached financial close on a wind project, raising C$326 million ($258 million).
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GIB and Ireland's ESB back £190m UK biomass plant
24 March 2015The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is partnering with Ireland's Electricity Supply Board (ESB) as equity investors in a £190 million ($283 million) biomass power project in the port of Tilbury, near London.
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Latest renewables yieldco falls flat in first week of trading
23 February 2015A solar and wind yieldco spun out of Spanish infrastructure and energy firm Actividades de Construcción y Servicios Group (ACS) has seen a disappointing start to its life as a listed company.
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How should the EU carbon market be redesigned?
04 February 2015A Market Stability Reserve (MSR) has been proposed to deal with the oversupply of allowances that has depressed prices and trading activity in the EU emissions trading system (ETS) in recent years. Several designs for the MSR have been proposed, with varying impacts on EUA prices, say analysts at ICIS Tschach Solutions in a new White Paper.
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Glennmont boosts French wind holdings to more than 100MW
02 February 2015Glennmont Partners, one of Europe's largest clean energy investors, has bought three more operating wind farms in France, taking its wind capacity in the country to more than 100MW.
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Scatec Solar agrees financing for first Latin American project
05 January 2015Independent power producer Scatec Solar has secured project financing to start building a $125 million plant in Honduras, marking its first move into Latin America.
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Why heavy industry cannot take emissions trading lightly
22 December 2014With carbon prices in recovery, emissions-intensive industrials need to start taking notice again, argues Philipp Ruf
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Jigar Shah launches Generate Capital
05 December 2014SunEdison founder Jigar Shah has joined forces with a number of other big hitters in the renewables space to launch what it claims is "the first dedicated resource-efficiency finance company".