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Green bonds in Asia - the challenges and opportunities
27 June 2016The take-up of green bonds in Asia has been frustratingly slow, and there is no sign yet that companies are embracing the asset class en masse, argues Vicky Münzer-Jones
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Platina announces two renewables refinancings
18 May 2016Private equity firm Platina Energy Partners has refinanced a £28 million ($40 million) wind portfolio and a €50 million ($56 million) solar portfolio.
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Climate finance will be 'key to Paris success'
27 November 2015Climate finance will be a key sticking point that could potentially determine whether the Paris climate summit will be a success.
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Lightsource issues UK's biggest renewables bond, in £284m deal
06 November 2015Lightsource Renewable Energy has completed what it claims is the world's largest sterling-denominated bond for renewables.
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Impax refinances non-recourse debt for Polish wind
28 September 2015Impax Asset Management claims it has completed the first non-recourse debt refinancing for wind energy in Poland after a period of regulatory instability in the country.
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UK government slammed for lifting renewable energy tax breaks
09 July 2015Renewable energy consumption will no longer be exempt from tax in the UK, in a government move that has been slammed for discouraging investment in the sector.
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An analysis of the updated Green Bond Principles
03 June 2015The second iteration of the Principles, issued in March, extends the number of suggested project categories and explicitly allows refinancing, says Jacqueline Heng
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Financing a modern energy infrastructure for Europe
06 April 2015Tomas Gärdfors says EU member states will have to align their regulations and cooperate more if adequate investment is to flow to achieve the bloc's energy infrastructure ambitions.
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The only way is up
11 December 2014This year's winners in the carbon markets section of our annual rankings believe the tide has finally turned after the economic downturn in 2008 sent prices and volumes tumbling. Graham Cooper and Sophie Robinson-Tillett report
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PCIs: upgrading the EU's power grid
12 November 2014Billions of euros of investment is needed to build interconnectors in the EU to increase security of energy supply and help integrate renewables. Tomas Gärdfors looks at the opportunities for investors