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The rise of the green bond index
06 November 2014Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays/MSCI and Standard & Poor's have started green bond indexes. What impact will they have on the fledgling market, ask Sophie Robinson-Tillett and Peter Cripps
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Copenhagen funds take 25% stake in UK offshore wind project
06 November 2014Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has bought a 25% stake in the UK offshore wind project Beatrice from UK utility SSE. The price paid was not disclosed.
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Abengoa Yield opts to issue bonds in dollars rather than euros
06 November 2014Abengoa Yield, the 'yieldco' launched by Spanish utility Abengoa in June, is to replace a planned €200 million ($250 million) issue of euro-denominated bonds with $255 million of five-year dollar-denominated notes.
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Norway's NTE issues NOK750m green bond to refinance hydro plants [UPDATED]
06 November 2014Power generating company Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk (NTE) has issued Norway's second corporate green bond – a NOK750 million ($110 million) issue that was oversubscribed in two hours.
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Amundi, EDF reveal plans for €1.5bn private equity venture
05 November 2014French asset manager Amundi has joined forces with energy utility EDF to raise up to €1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) for private equity investments in low-carbon energy and energy efficiency projects.
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Korean carbon price seen reaching to $30 by 2017
05 November 2014The price of one tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) in South Korea's forthcoming emissions trading system (ETS) is likely to be close to $7.50 next year, rising to $18 in 2016 and $30 in 2017, according to analysts at Thomson Reuters.
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Failure to report water risk 'a grave concern', says CDP
05 November 2014The number of large companies reporting water risks has failed to increase in-line with investor demand, with the energy sector continuing to lag behind its peers, a new report has warned.
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NextEnergy Solar eyes £260m in new equity capital
05 November 2014NextEnergy Solar Fund is preparing to raise up to £260 million in the next eight days to fund further acquisitions of solar power plants in the UK.
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BAML launches green bond index
04 November 2014Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has launched a green bond index, which it claims has been the best performing of any flagship investment-grade index in recent years.
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$271bn of capital at risk in Canadian oil sands, says Carbon Tracker
04 November 2014Companies developing oil sands in Canada risk wasting $271 billion of capital on projects that would be uneconomic at an oil price below $95/barrel, the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) has warned.