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  • Solar services company appoints two key executives

    05 August 2013

    A rapidly growing US solar services company has expanded its executive team with two key hires.

  • $60m solar fund's 'innovative structure'

    02 August 2013

    A $60 million solar fund backed by Connecticut's green bank has a "one of a kind" financial structure, it was claimed today.

  • Middle Eastern promise

    01 August 2013

    The Middle East is poised to become a hotspot of renewables activity over the next few decades. Graham Cooper outlines which countries and sectors hold the most promise for investors.

  • Securitisation to play key role in Conergy rescue plan

    30 July 2013

    An asset manager hopes to lead the market in issuing asset-backed securities as part of its plans to rescue a pioneering solar firm that has called in administrators.

  • EU-China solar trade deal 'relief' for investors

    30 July 2013

    A compromise suggested by the EU and China in their long-running solar trade dispute has been hailed as a relief for investors, but could deal a further blow to Europe's solar manufacturers and installers.

  • UK GIB in 'landmark' Northern Ireland deal

    30 July 2013

    The UK's Green Investment Bank has helped to fund an £81 million ($124.5 million) combined heat and power plant that will burn wood reclaimed from landfill.

  • NYSE joins Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

    26 July 2013

    NYSE Euronext, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, has joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, marking "a significant step forward" for the programme.

  • Renewables fund hits £300m float target

    24 July 2013

    A renewables fund has successfully raised £300 million ($460.8 million) in an oversubscribed stockmarket listing.

  • EIB issues record-breaking €650m green bond

    12 July 2013

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a €650 million ($849.4 million) Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) – the largest ever green bond to be denominated in euros, and the first to use the EIB's ECoop framework.

  • First UK solar fund IPO marks 'pivotal moment' for sector

    12 July 2013

    A UK solar photovoltaic (PV) investment fund has raised £130 million ($196.5 million) through a successful stock market flotation, in a move that marks a "pivotal moment in the growth of large-scale UK solar".