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  • 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.

  • Barclays and MSCI launch green bond index, excluding Unilever

    13 November 2014

    Barclays and MSCI have today launched their Green Bond Index, excluding major issues from Unilever and Iberdrola.

  • Austria's Verbund roadshows green bond

    12 November 2014

    Austrian utility Verbund is roadshowing a €500 million ($624 million) green bond in Europe.

  • KKR, CITIC plan S$1.9bn offer for Singapore's United Envirotech

    12 November 2014

    US private equity firm KKR and China's largest conglomerate, CITIC, have made a 'pre-conditional voluntary offer' for Singapore–listed United Envirotech (UEL), valuing the company at about S$1.9 billion ($1.5 billion).

  • Australia's climate, renewables policy uncertainty hits investment

    11 November 2014

    Investment in renewable energy in Australia has fallen by 70% this year compared with 2013, according to the Climate Council research organisation.

  • Sky Solar cuts IPO target by two-thirds

    11 November 2014

    Renewable energy developer, Sky Solar, has slashed its initial public offering (IPO) target by two-thirds, to $48 million.