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  • Banks agree to provide £1bn debt facility for London's 'super sewer'

    25 August 2015

    A debt facility of £1 billion ($1.6 billion) is being provided by six banks to the consortium of long-term investors that will finance and own a major new sewer to be built beneath the river Thames in London.

  • Inflection Point Capital to advise Norway's sovereign wealth fund

    24 August 2015

    Inflection Point Capital Management, a London-based sustainability advisory company, has secured a four-year consultancy contract to advise Norway's $870 billion sovereign wealth fund.

  • Private equity firm gets $59m backing for Peruvian hydro

    20 August 2015

    A Peruvian hydropower company has secured a $59 million loan from a series of investors to construct two projects in the country.

  • 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

  • Action on carbon emissions would be cheaper than inaction by 2040, says Citi

    19 August 2015

    Building a low-carbon energy sector over the next 25 years would cost less than taking no action to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to analysts at Citi.

  • Yieldco dream still alive for Canadian Solar, despite market volatility

    19 August 2015

    Canadian Solar has stuck by its plans to launch a yieldco, despite share prices of similar vehicles having nosedived in recent months.

  • SunEdison ups convertibles offering to $650m

    18 August 2015

    SunEdison has upped its convertibles offering to $650 million, and given the notes a 6.75% coupon.

  • Environmental non-profit buys US coal mines

    18 August 2015

    ERP Compliant Fuels (ERP), an environmentally-focused non-profit, has agreed to buy various assets, including two coal mines, from Patriot Coal, as part of the latter's bankruptcy proceedings.

  • Norway's oil fund divests from Korea's Posco and Daewoo

    18 August 2015

    Norway's sovereign wealth fund – the largest in the world – is to exclude leading Korean companies Posco and Daewoo International from its investment portfolio because of their involvement in palm oil plantations in Indonesia.

  • SunEdison returns to market, eyeing up to $2.5bn

    18 August 2015

    SunEdison has continued its fundraising spree, securing $1 billion from a consortium of banks, with a further $500 million of convertible notes planned.