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  • Consortium nets £1.3bn for UK offshore wind project in 'swift' fundraising round

    13 May 2016

    Masdar, Statoil and Statkraft have bagged £1.3 billion ($1.9 billion) in project financing for a major offshore wind venture, saying the deal proves investor confidence in the sector.

  • Green Bond comment - February

    24 February 2016

    Could Apple's $1.5bn green bond be a game changer for corporate issuance?

  • S&P explains credit factors in rating offshore wind farms

    16 February 2016

    Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has unveiled its methodology for deciding on the credit rating of offshore wind farms, ahead of an anticipated boom in such projects.

  • EF BRIEFS: Pioneer Investments, Massachusetts, Siemens, Ohman Fonder

    12 February 2016

    Pioneer Investments has launched an ethical bond strategy, which is claims will adopt a "dark green approach".

  • Best performing funds of 2015: Pioneer Ecology

    02 February 2016

    The fund outperformed in 2015, helped by its decision to ditch solar and stick with wind stocks. Fund manager Christian Zimmermann talks to Peter Cripps.

  • EF BRIEFS: Gamesa, Solarcentury, Kohli, United Photovoltaics Group

    29 January 2016

    Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa's share price soared 20% today amid reports that German conglomerate Siemens is mulling a takeover bid.

  • Mainstream lines up equity investors for £2bn offshore wind project

    27 January 2016

    Wind and solar energy developer Mainstream Renewable Power said it is "in exclusive discussions" with a consortium of equity investors to take its £2 billion ($2.8 billion) Neart na Gaoithe (NNG) offshore wind farm to financial close.

  • £1.5bn offshore wind project in first-of-its-kind financing

    30 October 2015

    A £1.5 billion ($2.3 billion) offshore wind project has become the first in the UK to attract lenders ahead of construction, after it received backing from 13 banks and four equity partners.

  • Multi-national corporates call for UN talks to facilitate carbon markets

    19 October 2015

    A group of 14 leading industrial companies have called on negotiators at the UN climate change talks in Paris in December to deliver an agreement that facilitates international carbon markets.

  • Quotes of the Quarter

    05 October 2015

    Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the third quarter of 2015.