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NWB Bank issues largest SSA green bond of the year
27 August 2015Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has issued a €1 billion ($1.13 billion) green bond – the largest euro-denominated transaction of this kind to come out of a supranational, sub-sovereign and agency (SSA) this year.
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Private equity firm gets $59m backing for Peruvian hydro
20 August 2015A Peruvian hydropower company has secured a $59 million loan from a series of investors to construct two projects in the country.
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Consortium lands 'unprecedented' debt package for Australian wind
20 August 2015John Laing and other investors have landed 'an unprecedented' financing package to build an Australian wind farm.
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Green bonds: The state of sterling
14 August 2015With only a handful of green bonds so far issued in sterling, what is holding the market back, asks Sophie Robinson-Tillett
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Green bond comment - July 2015
29 July 2015There is no sign that the green bond market has gone off for an early summer break.
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German wind projects dominate KfW's loans in H1
27 July 2015Wind projects accounted for 89% of the €1.87 billion ($2.08 billion) of renewable energy loans approved by German development bank KfW in the first six months of this year, with 7% being allocated to solar projects.
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KfW makes debut in sterling green bond market
24 July 2015KfW has issued its first sterling-denominated green bond. The £500 million ($775 million) issue had been expected and continues the development bank's efforts to boost liquidity in the green bond market.
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Europe's Marguerite fund refinances €107m solar PV loan
22 July 2015Europe's 'Marguerite' infrastructure fund has refinanced a €107 million ($117 million) term loan facility which supported the construction of a 36MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in France.
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KfW commits €134m towards green bond investments in Q2
08 July 2015German development bank KfW has bought €134 million ($148 million) of green bonds since announcing in early April its intention to invest up to €1 billion in the market.
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Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting
01 July 2015Issuers' 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