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  • Sunnova Energy raises $250m

    21 November 2014

    Sunnova Energy claims to have completed the largest ever funding round by a private US residential solar firm.

  • Green Climate Fund's firepower hits $9.3bn

    20 November 2014

    The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has seen its firepower boosted to $9.3 billion after eight more countries pledged funding.

  • Jupiter excited by prospects for environmental stocks

    19 November 2014

    The manager of Jupiter's Ecology fund said the future of sustainability-themed stocks remains bright, despite his fund's recent underperformance against its benchmark.

  • 'Progress at Lima may not be huge, but Paris will be meaningful'

    18 November 2014

    The UN climate change talks next month are not expected to make great progress, but the foundations for a "meaningful" global deal the following year have already been laid, according to a leading environmental expert.

  • Private equity investors commit to build 869MW gas plant in Ohio

    18 November 2014

    US private equity firm Energy Investors Funds (EIF) and I Squared Capital (ISQ), an infrastructure investment company, have formed a 50:50 equity partnership to build a 869MW power plant in Ohio.

  • SunEdison, Terraform to pay $2.4bn for First Wind

    18 November 2014

    Solar power giant SunEdison and its 'yieldco' subsidiary Terraform Power, have agreed to pay up to $2.4 billion for US wind energy company First Wind.

  • Japan and US commit $4.5bn to Green Climate Fund

    17 November 2014

    The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) has received a major boost, as new commitments from Japan and the US more than double its working capital.

  • Bluefield Solar succeeds in £160m equity raise

    14 November 2014

    Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has completed its placement of more than 150 million shares, raising some £160 million ($251 million).

  • Green bonds: of indexes, verifiers and the pursuit of standards

    13 November 2014

    The question of what is green continues to haunt the green bond market, says Peter Cripps

  • CalSTRS sees threefold increase in green bond investment in 2014

    13 November 2014

    California State Teachers' Retirement Systems (CalSTRS) has increased its investment into green bonds almost threefold in 2014.