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  • Voting begins for EF's Deals of the Year awards

    12 April 2017

    Nominations are now being accepted for the tenth annual Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.

  • The PACE quickens

    06 February 2017

    The market for Property Assessed Clean Energy bonds in the US is booming, with $1.7 billion of issues last year. Joe Walsh investigates the secret to its success and explains why it is being rolled out in other countries.

  • Renew Financial issues $115m Pace bond

    07 November 2016

    California-based clean energy finance company Renew Financial has completed the securitisation of a $115 million residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (Pace) bond.

  • India gears up for green bond frenzy

    01 July 2016

    India is set to become a major player in the green bonds market after a flurry of organisations announced plans to tap the market in coming months.

  • New York Green Bank lends $49m to three projects

    22 October 2015

    The New York Green Bank (NYGB) has lent $49 million to three clean energy projects in the state which it claims has attracted a further $178 million of private investment.

  • Solar ABS: Securitising sunshine

    19 August 2015

    After recent issues from SolarCity and Sunrun, how much potential is there for solar asset-backed securitisations, asks Peter Cripps

  • Solar ABS set to remain at BBB level for time being, says S&P

    14 July 2015

    The credit ratings of solar securitisations are likely to be stuck at low investment grade, at least for the time being, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P).

  • Citi and Renew Financial issue first ever unsecured energy efficiency ABS

    17 June 2015

    Citi and Renew Financial have issued the first ever asset-backed security (ABS) transaction comprised of unsecured consumer energy efficiency loans.