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Investors and issuers pledge to expand green bonds market
23 September 2014A group of institutional investors, with more than $2 trillion in assets under management, has pledged to work "to grow a large and robust [green bond] market that makes a real contribution to addressing climate change".
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KfW backs Brazilian wind farms with $335m loan
22 July 2014German development bank KfW is to provide a $335 million loan to Brazil's state-owned bank BNDES to help finance wind farms within Brazil.
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KfW makes debut in green bond market with record €1.5bn issue
15 July 2014German development bank KfW has issued its first green bond – a €1.5 billion ($2.0 billion) offering which it claims is the largest ever single issue.
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Germany's KfW commits to green bond issues
08 July 2014German development bank KfW is planning to issue a series of green bonds, starting with a €500 million - €1 billion ($680 million - $1.4 billion) issue later this year.
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EU eyes innovative finance tools to improve energy efficiency
04 June 2014Ambitious energy efficiency targets will require significant investment from the private sector. Clare Taylor reviews the innovative financing mechanisms the EU is putting in place to achieve this.
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KfW and Helaba finance Canadian onshore wind farms
19 May 2014German wind farm developer wpd has announced the financial close of a public-private fundraising round to enable the construction of two new projects in Canada.
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African renewables company gets KfW backing
19 May 2014German development bank KfW has teamed up with a Swiss asset manager to launch a renewables company focusing on sub-Saharan Africa.
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People moves
17 April 2014The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at United Wind , Tesla and NY Green Bank
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German fuel cell company attracts new VC investors
27 February 2014Sunfire, a German developer of high-temperature fuel cells, has secured a "high seven-figure" sum in second-round financing, which attracted two new investors – Total Energy Ventures and Electranova Capital.
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French infrastructure investor buys stake in offshore wind farm
06 December 2013A French infrastructure investor has made its first investment in offshore wind, acquiring a 7.5% stake in the German Butendiek project.