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KfW ups size of latest green bond to make biggest issue of 2015
20 October 2015KfW has come to market with the biggest green bond of 2015 so far.
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Canadian Solar buys C$270m of solar from KKR
05 October 2015Canadian Solar has bought a fleet of solar plants from private equity firm KKR in a C$270 million ($204 million) deal.
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Green bonds market sees summer slow-down despite key deals
02 October 2015The green bond market has seen a drought of issuance in the third quarter of 2015, according to new data from Environmental Finance.
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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.