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Macquarie loans £155m to UK rooftop solar firm
17 March 2015Australian investment bank Macquarie has agreed to lend £155 million ($229 million) to a rooftop solar developer in the UK.
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Scandinavian investment fund buys DKK1.6bn UK biomass plant
11 March 2015A fund that has received commitments from 10 Scandinavian institutional investors has bought a UK biomass plant for DKK1.6 billion ($232 million).
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Offshore wind is increasingly attractive to institutional investors, says EY
10 March 2015Offshore wind energy projects are becoming increasingly attractive to institutional investors and could be cost-competitive with more established forms of energy by 2023, according to consultancy EY.
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Comparing the UK's six listed yieldcos
09 March 2015As the UK's six listed renewables funds continue to tap the equity markets, what are the differences between them that investors need to be aware of, asks Peter Cripps
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Climate Change Capital spins out private equity arm
06 March 2015Climate Change Capital (CCC) is spinning out its €200 million ($221 million) private equity arm into a standalone venture.
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ERAFP awards €2.5bn SRI bond mandates
06 March 2015French public service pension scheme ERAFP has awarded €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) socially responsible investment (SRI) credit bond mandates to three asset managers.
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Santander stops funding APRIL after Greenpeace deforestation campaign
02 March 2015Santander has bowed to pressure to withdraw finance from the paper company Asia Pacific Resources International (April) after Greenpeace launched a campaign criticising it for logging Indonesian forests.
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UK's first refuse-derived gasification plant wins project finance
02 March 2015A "landmark" deal has secured the first ever project financing for a UK gasification plant that derives its feedstock from refuse.
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Howard Boyd is new chair of ShareAction
25 February 2015Emma Howard Boyd will take over as chair of responsible investment charity ShareAction in April.
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EIB issues €400m tap of Climate Awareness Bond with negative yield
24 February 2015The European Investment Bank (EIB) has further expanded its range of green bonds, with its first issue offering a negative yield.