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BlackRock buys wind farm from Arise
13 November 2014BlackRock has bought its third wind energy project in Europe in recent weeks.
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Renewables investment to grow 75%, but fossil-fuel subsidies must be addressed, warns IEA
13 November 2014$7.8 trillion of investment into renewable energy is needed over the next 26 years "in order to have a world that is similar to the one we have today", according to the latest figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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Bloomberg to expand its green bond universe to include unlabelled issues
13 November 2014Bloomberg is to expand the range of bonds that are searchable as 'green' on its terminals in a move that could help speed the growth of the market.
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Austria's Verbund roadshows green bond
12 November 2014Austrian utility Verbund is roadshowing a €500 million ($624 million) green bond in Europe.
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Investors welcome tighter GHG targets from US and China
12 November 2014Investors have welcomed new targets on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions announced by China and the US in which China has, for the first time, committed to reduce its absolute level of emissions.
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PCIs: upgrading the EU's power grid
12 November 2014Billions of euros of investment is needed to build interconnectors in the EU to increase security of energy supply and help integrate renewables. Tomas Gärdfors looks at the opportunities for investors
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Aligera taps green bond market again, more planned
12 November 2014Swedish wind energy company Aligera has successfully placed the penultimate tranche of its SEK500 million ($68 million) green bond.
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KKR, CITIC plan S$1.9bn offer for Singapore's United Envirotech
12 November 2014US 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).
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NRW say green bond success was 'because of size and second opinion'
11 November 2014German development bank NRW.Bank has attributed the success of its €500 million ($638 million) green bond to the inclusion of a second opinion, and its large size.
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Australia's climate, renewables policy uncertainty hits investment
11 November 2014Investment in renewable energy in Australia has fallen by 70% this year compared with 2013, according to the Climate Council research organisation.