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  • Macquarie steps up renewables financing with £21.5m solar deal

    23 February 2015

    Macquarie has agreed to finance a 29MW solar project in the UK.

  • World Bank launches its biggest US dollar green bond

    20 February 2015

    The World Bank, through its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, has issued its largest US dollar-denominated green bond, raising $600 million.

  • Waste Management prices $1.8bn of notes

    20 February 2015

    A waste management firm that generates 550MW of energy from gas has priced $1.8 billion of senior notes.

  • Macquarie refinances UK biomass firms with £190m bond

    18 February 2015

    Macquarie has issued a £190 million ($286 million) bond to refinance two biomass companies held by one of its funds.

  • DNB issues first green bond from Nordic commercial bank

    16 February 2015

    DNB, one of Norway's leading commercial banks, has issued the first green bond by a commercial bank in the Nordic region.

  • Independent Glennmont remains bullish on renewables

    13 February 2015

    Glennmont Partners is one of Europe's largest clean energy investors, having raised €937 million since 2009. CEO Joost Bergsma tells Graham Cooper how the firm – and the market – has evolved.

  • $760m raised by Mainstream for South African wind

    12 February 2015

    Mainstream Renewable Power has closed its $760 million funding round for wind power in South Africa.

  • Large investors accused of weak sustainable investment policies on forestry

    11 February 2015

    Most institutional investors have "poorly developed sustainable investment policies" regarding forest commodities, according to Forest 500, an initiative of the Global Canopy Programme (GCP), a UK-based think tank.

  • First Wind helps 2014 renewables deals rise by $3bn

    30 January 2015

    SunEdison's blockbuster acquisition of First Wind helped the value of renewables deals in 2014 increase by 13%, a report has revealed.

  • Impax optimistic about year ahead

    22 January 2015

    2015 is set to be better than last year for many funds that invest according to environmental themes, according to Impax Asset Management.