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SPI Solar completes $43.8 million private placement
08 October 2014Renewable energy developer SPI Solar has sold shares to a Chinese real estate investor for $43.8 million.
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Swedish green bond helped by 'huge change' in investors' view on ESG
07 October 2014A third municipal green bond has been issued in Sweden, with mainstream investors reportedly undergoing a "huge change" in their attitude to green investment since the start of the year.
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People moves
07 October 2014A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at Actiam, Alliance Trust and Roth Capital Partners
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Investment firms reach financial close on 300MW US wind farm
07 October 2014Capital Dynamics and Prudential Capital Group have reached financial close on a 300MW onshore wind project in Texas.
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ACT expects American carbon trading operations 'to equal Europe'
06 October 2014Dutch carbon trading company Amsterdam Capital Trading (ACT) has opened an office in California, saying it expects its US operations to eventually equal the size of its activities in Europe.
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Profile of Hannon Armstrong: A sustainable yield
06 October 2014With its equity raisings, REIT structure and asset-backed securitisations, Hannon Armstrong is at the cutting edge of financing the transition to a low-carbon economy in the US. Its CEO Jeffrey Eckel tells Peter Cripps why mainstream investors are increasingly embracing its formula of sustainability and strong yields
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Sumitomo buys stakes in North Sea offshore wind
06 October 2014Japanese corporation Sumitomo has made its first investment in European renewable energy, buying shares in two offshore wind projects in the North Sea.
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Carbon price to triple in 2015 if 'optimistic' package is agreed by EU, says UBS
03 October 2014The price of carbon in the EU could triple next year if new regulation was introduced, say analysts at UBS.
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Divestment campaigns 'won't cause fossil fuel share price collapse - yet'
03 October 2014Divestment campaigns will fail to bring about a rapid collapse in the value of fossil fuel companies, but they demonstrate a strong will to embrace renewables that will revolutionise the energy sector, analysts have forecast.
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Eight Danish investors commit DKK8bn to infra fund
03 October 2014A group of Danish institutional investors has committed DKK8 billion ($1.4 billion) to a fund that will finance infrastructure projects including wind farms and biomass power plants.