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Profile: KBC Eco Fund - Water
01 October 2015Water funds, such as the KBC Eco Fund – Water, have performed strongly in recent years. But many stocks in the sector are now looking expensive, the fund manager tells Graham Cooper
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Building out the yieldco
22 June 2015With more yieldcos expected to come to market in coming months, how will this asset class evolve, asks Sophie Robinson-Tillett
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NextEnergy aims to raise up to €500m in yieldco IPO
18 June 2015NextEnergy Capital, the European solar investor, aims to raise up to €500 million ($563 million) by floating a European-focused yieldco.
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NextEnergy to float second solar energy yieldco
04 June 2015NextEnergy Capital, a specialist UK merchant bank, is to float it second yieldco, which will invest in utility-scale solar energy assets in the EU (ex-UK).
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San Francisco issues green bond for renewables upgrades
11 May 2015San Francisco has issued a $32 million green bond that will help it to renovate some of its renewable power generation facilities.
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UK government urged to promote natural capital accounting
27 January 2015The UK's Natural Capital Committee (NCC) has urged the government to identify priority investments and promote the use of a new accounting framework to help meet its commitment to improve the nation's natural environment.
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RET Capital buys 25MW solar plant
15 April 2014US financing platform Renewable Energy Trust Capital is to buy a 25MW solar photovoltaic plant in California – its second acquisition since raising $125 million last month.
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Lighting and energy storage companies in line for takeovers, says VC investor
27 February 2014Most mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the cleantech sector in coming years are likely to focus on makers of low-energy lighting and energy storage technologies, investors have been told.
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UK Green Investment Bank in £250m waste-to-energy deal
24 December 2013The UK's Green Investment Bank has helped finance a £250 million waste-to-energy plant.
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World's largest solar power tower project rejected
18 December 2013California state regulators have preliminary rejected a project that was set to become the largest solar power tower in the world, in a blow for solar thermal technology.