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  • World's largest muni and transport green bond slated for next week

    29 July 2015

    The world's largest municipal green bond is set to come out of the US next month, in a deal worth almost $1 billion.

  • SolarCity plans fourth ABS, raising $123.5m

    29 July 2015

    Rooftop leasing firm SolarCity plans to issue its fourth asset-backed security (ABS), this time in a private placement set to raise $123.5 million.

  • SunEdison secures a $160m loan from CorpBanca and DNB

    29 July 2015

    SunEdison has secured $160 million in non-recourse financing from Chilean bank CorpBanca and Norwegian banking group DNB, to finance the construction and operation of a 110MW solar plant in Chile.

  • TransAlta moves into solar with $75.8m renewables deal

    28 July 2015

    Canadian power generator TransAlta has diversified into solar after it bought 71MW of operational renewables assets from private equity firm Rockland Capital.

  • TerraForm Power to issue new $200m green bond

    28 July 2015

    TerraForm Power plans to issue a $200 million green bond to help finance its acquisition of assets from its parent SunEdison.

  • GreenWish secures €15m for African solar fund

    27 July 2015

    African solar investor, GreenWish, has secured €15 million ($16.6 million) at the first close of its €50 million African solar fund.

  • Foresight Solar Fund expands acquisition facility to £150m

    24 July 2015

    Foresight Solar Fund, a UK yieldco, has reached agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander to increase its acquisition facility to £150 million ($232 million) from £120 million.

  • Ygrene completes $150m PACE securitisation

    23 July 2015

    A ground-breaking $150 million securitisation of assets developed under the Property Assessed Clean Energy (Pace) financing initiative has been issued.

  • US Senate committee backs extension of tax breaks for renewables

    23 July 2015

    The Senate finance committee has voted to extend two key tax incentives supporting clean energy development in the US – the Production Tax Credit (PTC) [link] and the Investment Tax Credit (ITC).

  • Sunrun plans to raise up to $268.5m in IPO

    23 July 2015

    Sunrun, the second largest solar rooftop leasing company in the US, has revealed the terms of its imminent IPO and said it aims to raise up to $268.5 million.