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  • Statoil invests $236m in floating wind farm

    03 November 2015

    Statoil's clean energy subsidiary, New Energy Solutions (NES), has invested NOK2 billion ($236 million) in an experimental floating wind farm.

  • GCL-Poly issues RMB1bn corporate bond

    03 November 2015

    Hong Kong-listed solar panel manufacturer GCL-Poly Suzhou has issued a RMB1 billion ($157.8 million) corporate bond, to refinance its existing debt.

  • Camco underlines energy storage focus with name change

    03 November 2015

    Camco Clean Energy plans to change its name to RedT Energy, to underline its new focus on commercialising the RedT energy storage system.

  • ESG-themed listed equities fund launched in the UK

    02 November 2015

    Asset manager Columbia Threadneedle Investments has expanded its environmental social and governance (ESG) fund range, with a fund for UK-listed equities.

  • Goldman to invest $150bn in clean energy by 2025

    02 November 2015

    ​Goldman Sachs has set itself a $150 billion clean energy investment target, as it said environmental issues have become a core part of its business.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 2 November 2015

    02 November 2015

    A 'tsunami of natural gas' has caused a leading analyst to cut its EU allowance price forecasts, says Louis Redshaw

  • JLEN enters UK commercial and rooftop market

    02 November 2015

    John Laing Environmental Fund (JLEN) has entered the UK commercial and rooftop solar market with an £18.8 million ($29.08 million) acquisition of a 4.3MW portfolio.

  • ICBC 'mulling green bond issue'

    02 November 2015

    Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is considering becoming one of the first Chinese issuers of a green bond, in a transaction that could raise some $300 million.

  • Businesses lay out their demands ahead of COP21

    02 November 2015

    A coalition representing some of the biggest companies in the world has cranked up the pressure on finance ministers to deliver a "robust and meaningful agreement" at the Paris climate summit in a month.

  • EF BRIEFS: Union Group, BlackRock, HomeStreet, Chinese cement

    01 November 2015

    The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) has agreed to invest $3.5 million in two hydro plants in Peru.